GRIMM, Joseph. - Exegete, born 23 Jan. 1827 at Freising, died at Würzburg 19 Jan. 1896. Ordained priest 24 June 1850; in 1856 professor at Regensburg of exegesis of the Old and New Testaments until 1864, from the autumn of that year only for the Old, and from 1874 professor of New Testament exegesis at Würzburg.
His principal work is *Das Leben Jesu. Nach den vier Evangelien dargestellt* (7 vols., Regensburg 1876–99). Vol. VII, which he left incomplete, was completed by Joseph Zahn. Of the 2nd ed., begun in 1890, the first 3 vols. are still written by G. himself (1890, 1893–95), but from vol. IV to VI are by Zahn (1897, 1900, 1903); 3rd ed. 1906–20. Other works: *Die Samarier und ihre Stellung in der Weltgeschichte* (Munich 1854); *Die vier Frauen im Stammbaum des Herrn bei Matthäus*, in *Theologische Quartalschrift*, 41 (1859), pp. 408–47; *Die Einheit des Lukasverganeliums* (Regensburg 1863); *Die Einheit der vier Evangelien* (ibid. 1868); *Das alte Israel und die bildenden Künste* (Würzburg 1889).