The Arabist and Explorer Alois Musil (1868-1944) and His Unfulfilled Career as a Biblical Scholar
The Olomouc diocesan priest Alois Musil attained the greatest renown among Czech Catholic experts in exegesis. His fame was, however, not specifically in Biblical studies but in another related field, namely Near Eastern languages and literature, also known as Oriental studies, where he went on to b...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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The Catholic University of America Press
2018
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The catholic historical review
Year: 2018, Volume: 104, Issue: 1, Pages: 92-112 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Musil, Alois 1868-1944
/ Olomouc
/ Exegesis
/ Oriental philology
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IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture FB Theological education HA Bible KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBK Europe (East) |
Further subjects: | B
Biblical scholars
B Oriental Studies B Olomouc (Czech Republic) B Bible Commentaries B Olomouc B Biblical Scholarship B Musil, Alois B Alois Musil B Asian Studies B Modernism |
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Summary: | The Olomouc diocesan priest Alois Musil attained the greatest renown among Czech Catholic experts in exegesis. His fame was, however, not specifically in Biblical studies but in another related field, namely Near Eastern languages and literature, also known as Oriental studies, where he went on to become a significant figure. His initial interest, however, lay in Biblical scholarship and source evidence exists to document the fact that he never really abandoned the idea of going back to the Bible as a research scholar. The present article would like to focus on Alois Musil as a Biblical scholar, introduce his ideas, and demonstrate why he felt he had to abandon the sphere of exegesis and devote all his energy to Oriental studies. |
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ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2018.0003 |