Schegg, Peter

Schegg, Peter a Roman Catholic theologian of Germany, was born June 6, 1815, at Kaufbeurn. In 1838 he received holy orders, commenced his academical career at the lyceum in Freising in 1843, was professor of exegesis there in 1847, in 1848 at Wurzburg, in 1872 at Munich, and died July 9, 1855, doctor of theology. He wrote, Geschichte der letzten Propheten (Ratisbon, 1853, 2 parts): — Uebersetzung und Erklarung der kleinen Propheten (1854, 2 volumes): — Uebersetzung und Erklarung der Psalmen (2d ed. 1857, 3 volumes): — Die heiligen Evangelien ubersetzt und erklart (Munich, 1856-70, 7 volumes): — Sechs Bucher des Lebens Jesu (Freiburg, 1874-75, 2 vols.): — Jacobus und sein Brief (1881): — Das Todesjahr des Konigs Herodes und das Todesjahr Jesu Christi (Munich, 1882). (B.P.)