Gerhard Johannes Botterweck was a German theologian, Old Testament scholar and dean of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Bonn.
Education
Botterweck studied philosophy Catholic theology and oriental studies in Frankfurt and Vienna. In 1944 he received his doctorate in Vienna, Doctor of Philosophy and the same year was ordained a priest. In 1950, his doctoral (Doctor of Philosophy) promotion was followed by a Doctorate of Divinity, and in 1953 habilitation in Bonn.
Among the pupils of Botterweck were Heinz-Josef Fabry, who completed his dictionary, Manfred Görg, Eric Kettenhofen, Joseph Plöger and Franz-Josef Stendebach.
Career
While a military chaplain on the Eastern Front (World World War II) he lost a legal He was chaplain and religion teacher at Viersen (Diocese of Aachen). From 1953 to 1959 he was professor of Old Testament at Tübingen, then from 1960 to 1981 in Bonn.
His scientific interests were concerned with the semantics and the philology of the biblical languages, the social criticism of the Prophets and the theology of the Psalms.