Riegler, Georg

Riegler, Georg a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born April 21, 1778. In 1806 he received holy orders, and was for some time priest of different congregations, called in 1821 as professor to Bamberg, and died in 1847. He is the author of, Kritische Geschichte der Vulgata (Sulzbach, 1820): — Hebraische Sprachschule (together with A. Martinet, Bamberg, 1835): — Dass Bulch Ruth aus dens Hebraischen mit Erlauterungen (Wurzburg, 1812): — Der xviii. Psalm erlautert (1823): — Die Klagelieder Jeremias erlautert (1820): — Christliche Moral (1823, 3 volumes): — Der Eid (2d ed. 1826): — Biblische Hermeneutik (1835): — Die Eucharistie nach Schrift und Tradition (1845): — Das heilige Abendmahl mit Controversesn (1845). See Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. s.v.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:62, 117, 203, 210, 220, 317, 489, 870; 2:350, 387. (B.P.)