Joachim Begrich

Joachim Begrich (June 13, 1900 – April 26, 1945) was a German theologian born in Predel, a hamlet now belonging to Elsteraue. He was the son-in-law of Old Testament scholar Hermann Gunkel (1862-1932).

He studied philology, Assyriology and theology at the University of Leipzig, then transferred to Halle, where he focused his studies on theology. In 1923/24 he attended the seminary in Stettin, earning his doctorate at Halle in 1926. In 1930 he was appointed associate professor of Old Testament studies at the University of Leipzig. During World War II he served as a paramedic, and lost his life in Dussoi, Italy less than two weeks prior to the end of hostilities in Europe.

Begrich was the author of a scholarly work on the chronology of the kings of Israel and Judah called Die Chronologie der Konige von Israel und Juda (1929), and a book involving the "Deutero-Isaiah" titled Studien zu Deuterojesaja (1938). He also assisted Hermann Gunkel with the latter's Einleitung in die Psalmen (Introduction to the Psalms).

References

• Spiegel Wissen-Lexikon (translated biography)