Alfred Jepsen

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Alfred Jepsen (born March 28, 1900 in Hamburg , † December 11, 1979 in Greifswald ; full name: Alfred Thomas Christian Jepsen ) was a German Lutheran theologian and religious historian .

Life

Alfred Jepsen studied theology, ancient oriental studies and religious studies at the universities of Kiel , Leipzig and Rostock . At the latter he was promoted to Dr. phil. and 1925 for the licentiate in theology doctorate . He completed his habilitation at the University of Rostock in 1925 and then worked as a private lecturer. During this time he was politically involved in the Christian People's Service . In 1931 he received an extraordinary professorship in Rostock. In 1934 he was one of the signatories of two requests to resign from the Rostock Theological Faculty addressed to Reich Bishop Ludwig Müller . In the same year he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Rostock.

After the Second World War he was a full professor at the University of Greifswald from 1946 to 1965 . In 1950/51 and 1961/62 he was dean of the theological faculty.

literature

  • Hannelore Braun, Gertraud Grünzinger: Personal Lexicon on German Protestantism 1919–1949. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006, ISBN 978-3-525-55761-7 , p. 124.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the entry of Alfred Jepsen's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ↑ Gert Haendler: The Reich Bishop and the Theological Faculties 1933/34. In: Gert Haendler, Heinrich Holze (ed.): The theological faculty Rostock under two dictatorships: Studies on history 1933-1989: Festschrift for Gert Haendler on the 80th birthday. LIT, Berlin-Hamburg-Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-6887-7 , p. 337.

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personal data
SURNAME Jepsen, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jepsen, Alfred Thomas Christian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian and historian of religion
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1979
Place of death Greifswald