Ernst von Dobschütz
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Ernst Adolf Alfred Oskar Adalbert von Dobschütz (9 October 1870 – 20 May 1934) was a German
theologian, textual critic, author
of numerous books and professor
at the University of Halle, the University of Breslau, and the University of Strasbourg
. He also lectured in the United States
and Sweden
.
He was born and died in Halle
.
. He was a son of the Prussia
n colonel Adalbert von Dobschütz de Basse-Silesia and of his second wife Anna, Baroness von Seckendorff. His older half-brother (from his father's first marriage) was Prussian general of division Carl von Seckendorff. On December 29, 1919, in Halle (Saale)
, Dobschütz married Karin von Kronhelm (March 24, 1893 in Breslau, † May 7, 1986 in Halle), daughter of the Prussian general of division Curt von Kronhelm and Clara Schwarz. Their marriage remained childless.
In 1888 he began his theological studies at the University of Leipzig
under professors Franz Delitzsch
and Christoph Ernst Luthardt
. In 1910, he became professor in the University of Breslau; in 1913, he accepted a call to the University of Halle, where he taught until his death in 1934, with the exception of the years 1913 and 1914, when he taught at Harvard University
.
He examined some manuscripts like Codex Tischendorfianus III
.
After the death of textual critic Caspar René Gregory
, Dobschütz became his successor, and in 1933 he expanded the list of New Testament manuscripts, increasing the number of papyri from 19 to 48, the number of uncials from 169 to 208, the number of minuscules from 2326 to 2401, and the number of lectionaries from 1565 to 1609. His recovery work influenced the later work of Kurt Aland
, who revived the tradition in 1953 and further expanded the number of New Testament manuscripts.
A dedicated Christian, Von Dobschütz was a member of the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg). He was a member of German National People's Party
from 1919 to its dissolution in 1933.
Germany
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theologian, textual critic, author
Author
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of numerous books and professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
at the University of Halle, the University of Breslau, and the University of Strasbourg
University of Strasbourg
The University of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, is the largest university in France, with about 43,000 students and over 4,000 researchers....
. He also lectured in the United States
United States
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and Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
He was born and died in Halle
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
.
Life
Dobschütz was born into an old noble family of SilesiaSilesia
Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...
. He was a son of the Prussia
Prussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
n colonel Adalbert von Dobschütz de Basse-Silesia and of his second wife Anna, Baroness von Seckendorff. His older half-brother (from his father's first marriage) was Prussian general of division Carl von Seckendorff. On December 29, 1919, in Halle (Saale)
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
, Dobschütz married Karin von Kronhelm (March 24, 1893 in Breslau, † May 7, 1986 in Halle), daughter of the Prussian general of division Curt von Kronhelm and Clara Schwarz. Their marriage remained childless.
In 1888 he began his theological studies at the University of Leipzig
University of Leipzig
The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
under professors Franz Delitzsch
Franz Delitzsch
Franz Delitzsch was a German Lutheran theologian and Hebraist. Born in Leipzig, he held the professorship of theology at the University of Rostock from 1846 to 1850, at the University of Erlangen until 1867, and after that at the University of Leipzig until his death...
and Christoph Ernst Luthardt
Christoph Ernst Luthardt
Christoph Ernst Luthardt , German Lutheran theologian, was born at Maroldsweisach, Bavaria.-Biography:Christoph Ernst Luthardt studied theology at Erlangen and Berlin, and in 1856 became professor ordinarius of systematic theology and New Testament exegesis at Leipzig...
. In 1910, he became professor in the University of Breslau; in 1913, he accepted a call to the University of Halle, where he taught until his death in 1934, with the exception of the years 1913 and 1914, when he taught at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
.
He examined some manuscripts like Codex Tischendorfianus III
Codex Tischendorfianus III
Codex Tischendorfianus III – designated by siglum Λ or 039 , ε 77 – is a Greek uncial manuscript of the Gospels on parchment...
.
After the death of textual critic Caspar René Gregory
Caspar René Gregory
Caspar René Gregory was a American-born German theologian theologian.-Life:Gregory was born in Philadelphia. He studied theology at two Presbyterian seminaries: in 1865-67 at the University of Pennsylvania and at Princeton Theological Seminary...
, Dobschütz became his successor, and in 1933 he expanded the list of New Testament manuscripts, increasing the number of papyri from 19 to 48, the number of uncials from 169 to 208, the number of minuscules from 2326 to 2401, and the number of lectionaries from 1565 to 1609. His recovery work influenced the later work of Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland
Kurt Aland was a German Theologian and Professor of New Testament Research and Church History. He founded the Institut für neutestamentliche Textforschung in Münster and served as its first director for many years...
, who revived the tradition in 1953 and further expanded the number of New Testament manuscripts.
A dedicated Christian, Von Dobschütz was a member of the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg). He was a member of German National People's Party
German National People's Party
The German National People's Party was a national conservative party in Germany during the time of the Weimar Republic. Before the rise of the NSDAP it was the main nationalist party in Weimar Germany composed of nationalists, reactionary monarchists, völkisch, and antisemitic elements, and...
from 1919 to its dissolution in 1933.
Honours
- Knight of Justice (Rechtsritter) of Saint John
- Membership in the Society of Biblical LiteratureSociety of Biblical LiteratureThe Society of Biblical Literature, founded 1880, is a constituent society of the American Council of Learned Societies , with the stated mission to "Foster Biblical Scholarship"...
in (USA, 1913) - Red Cross-Medallion 3. Class (World War I)
- Red Cross-Medallion 2. Class (World War I)
- On 13 January 1934 (the 120th anniversary of the capture of Wittenberg in the Napoleaonic wars by troops of Generalleutnant Leopold Wilhelm von DobschützLeopold Wilhelm von DobschützLeopold Wilhelm von Dobschütz was a Prussian "general of cavalry", the "hero of Dennewitz" and "liberator of Wittenberg", military governor of the Rhine province and of Breslau...
) part of the Große Rothemarkstraße was renamed the Dobschützstraße, with Dobschütz representing the family.
Works
- 1899: Christusbilder. Untersuchungen zur christlichen Legende. Texte u. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur; Leipzig 1899
- 1902: « Der Roman in der Altchristlichen Literatur » ; in: Die Deutsche Rundschau 111 (1902)
- 1902: Die urchristlichen Gemeinden; Sittengeschichtliche Bilder ; Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1902
- 1902: « Der Prozess Jesu nach den Acta Pilati » ; in: Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche, 1902
- 1904: Probleme des apostolischen Zeitalters. Fünf Vorträge in Hannover im Oktober 1903 ; Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1904
- 1904: Christian Life in the Primitive Church ; New York : Putnam's Verlag, 1904
- 1905: « Sakrament und Symbol » ; in : Studien und Kritiken, 1905
- 1906: Das apostolische Zeitalter; Tübingen: Mohr, 1906
- 1908: Das Christentum in Wissenschaft und Bildung; en collaboration avec C. Cornill, W. Herrmann, W. Staerk; Leipzig : Quelle & Meyer, 1908
- 1908: « Griechentum und Christentum » ; in : Paul Herre (Hg.): Das Christentum; Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer, 1908
- 1909: The Apostolic Age ; London : Philip Green, 1909 ; Boston : Boston American Unitarian Association, 1910
- 1909: Die Thessalonicher-Briefe ; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1909 (Nachdruck 1974)
- 1909: « Wann las Victor von Capua sein Neues Testament? » ; in : Zeitschrift für Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 10 (1909)
- 1912: Das Decretum Gelasianum de Libris recipiendis et non recipiendis; Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1912
- 1914: The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation; Edinburgh 1914 ; New York: Scribners, (Reimpression : New York : Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1959 ; Bertrams Print on Demand, Grande-Bretagne 2005 ; Lightning Source Inc. 2005)
- 1917: « Das Urchristentum im Lichte unserer Zeit » ; in: Theologische Studien und Kritiken, Sonderdruck für die Mitglieder der Sächsischen Kirchlichen Konferenz 1917 ; Gotha: Friedrich Andreas Perthes, 1917
- 1921: « Vom vierfachen Schriftsinn. Die Geschichte einer Theorie »; in: Harnack-Ehrung: Beiträge zur Kirchengeschichte ihrem Lehrer Adolf von Harnack zu seinem siebzigsten Geburtstag (7. Mai 1921) dargebracht von einer Reihe seiner Schüler; Leipzig 1921
- 1923: Eberhard Nestle's Einführung in das Griechische Neue Testament ; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1923
- 1924-33: « Zur Liste der neutestamentlichen Handschriften » ; in : Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche 23 (1924), pp. 248–264; 25 (1926), pp. 299–306; 27 (1928), pp. 216–222; 32 (1933), pp. 185–206
- 1926: Der Apostel Paulus ; 1ère partie : « Seine weltgeschichtliche Bedeutung' » ; Halle: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1926
- 1927: Das Neue Testament; Halle: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1927
- 1927: Vom Auslegen des Neuen Testaments. Drei Reden; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1927
- 1928: Der Apostel Paulus; 2ème partie : « Seine Stellung in der Kunst »; Halle: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1928
- 1928: « Matthäus als Rabbi und Katechet » ; in : Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche, 1928 (Imprimé à part : Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1980)
- 1929: « Die fünf Sinne im Neuen Testament »; in: Journal of Biblical Literature, 1929
- 1929: « Bludau. Die Schriftfälschungen der Häretiker. Milne, The Gospels of Augustine. Glunz, Die lat. Vorlage der westsächs. Evangelienversion »; in: Gnomon, Cahier 5 (1929), p. 330 et sqq. ; Berlin: Verlag der Weidmannschen Buchhandlung, 1929
- 1929: « Die Bekehrung des Paulus » ; in: Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft 50 (1929)
- 1932: Das Apostolicum in biblisch-theologischer Beleuchtung; Gießen: Toepelmann, 1932
- 1934: « Prädestination »; in: Theologische Studien und Kritiken 106 (1934), p. 9 et sqq.; Gotha: Leopold Klotz, 1934
- 1934: Die Bibel im Leben der Völker; Witten: Luther-Verlag, 1934; Berlin: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 1936 (19542)
- 1934: « Zum Wortschatz und Stil des Römerbriefs »; in: Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche 33 (1934), p. 51 et sqq.; Gießen: Alfred Töpelmann, 1934
External links
- Kurz-Biografie unter www.catalogus-professorum-halensis.de
- Works of Dobschütz at the Internet Archive