Hermann Olshausen
Hermann Olshausen | |
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| Born | 21 August 1796 |
| Died | 4 September 1839(aged 43) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Kiel Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Occupation | theologian |
Hermann Olshausen(21 August 1796 – 4 September 1839) was a Germantheologian.
Biography[edit]
Olshausen was born atOldesloheinHolstein.He was educated at the universities ofKiel(1814) andBerlin(1816), where he was influenced bySchleiermacherandNeander.[1]In 1817 he was awarded the prize at theFestival of the Reformation[2]for an essay,MelanchthonsCharakteristik aus seinen Briefen dargestellt(1818). This essay brought him to the notice of thePrussianMinister of Public Worship, and in 1820 he becamePrivatdozentat Berlin. In 1821, he becameprofessor extraordinariusat theUniversity of Königsberg,and in 1827 professor. In 1834, he became professor at theUniversity of Erlangen.
Olshausen's expertise lay inNew Testamentexegesis;hisKommentar über sämmtliche Schriften des Neuen Testaments(Commentary on the complete text of the New Testament; completed and revised byEbrardand Wiesinger) began to appear at Königsberg in 1830, and was translated into English in 4 volumes (Edinburgh, 1847–1849). He had prepared for it by his other works,Die Echtheit der vier kanonischen Evangelien, aus der Geschichte der zwei ersten Jahrhunderte erwiesen(The veracity of the four canonical Gospels demonstrated from the history of the first two centuries, 1823),Ein Wort über tieferen Schriftsinn(1824) andDie biblische Schriftauslegung(1825).[1]In the latter two works, he presents his method of exegesis, and rejects the doctrine of verbal inspiration.
Family[edit]
He was a brother ofpoliticianTheodor OlshausenandorientalistJustus Olshausen.
References[edit]
- ^abOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911). "Olshausen, Hermann".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 92.
- ^The Wartburg Festival, held on October 18, 1817. SeeThe Wartburg Festival (1817),accessed 28 February 2016
External links[edit]
- Gilman, D. C.;Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905)..New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- .The American Cyclopædia.1879.
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- 1796 births
- 1839 deaths
- People from Bad Oldesloe
- 19th-century German Protestant theologians
- People from the Duchy of Holstein
- University of Kiel alumni
- Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
- Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin
- Academic staff of the University of Königsberg
- Academic staff of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- 19th-century German male writers
- German male non-fiction writers