Bibelforscher

From Bibel (“Bible”) +‎ Forscher (“researcher”).

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• Hyphenation: Bi‧bel‧for‧scher

Bibelforscher m (strong, genitive Bibelforschers, plural Bibelforscher, feminine Bibelforscherin)

1. scientist, expert or specialist in the field of Bible research (male or of unspecified gender)
   • 2001 August 29, Christoph Drösser, “Stimmt′s?: Nadelprobe”, in Die Zeit, number 36, page 23:

     Trotzdem gehen fast alle Bibelforscher davon aus, dass in der Urfassung des Matthäus- und des Lukasevangeliums das Wort Kamel steht.

     Still almost all Bible experts assume that in the original version of the St. Matthew′s and the St. Luke Gospel the word “camel” is written.

2. (regional: Palatine) preacher, who quotes too many Biblical sayings in his sermons
3. (regional: Southern Hessian) member of the sect called “Ernste Bibelforscher”
4. (dated) Jehovah′s Witness
   • 2010 May 17th, Beate Wild (interviewer), Gabriele Hammermann (interviewed): “Alle Opfer gleich behandeln”, in Süddeutsche Zeitung (URL; retrieved October 6, 2015):

     Neben den jüdischen gab es etwa die politischen Häftlinge sowie Sinti und Roma, Berufsverbrecher, Bibelforscher, Homosexuelle.

     Aside from the Jewish prisoners there were for instance the political ones as well as Sinti and Roma, professional criminals, Jehovah′s Witnesses, homosexuals.

• “Bibelforscher” in Duden online
• “Bibelforscher” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bibelforscher” in Pfälzisches Wörterbuch
• “Bibelforscher” in Südhessisches Wörterbuch
• “Bibelforscher” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon