Antonia Frederick Futterer

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Antonia Frederick Futterer (born June 12, 1871 in Sydney , New South Wales , Australia , † September 25, 1951 in Famagusta , Cyprus ) was an American Bible scholar and preacher from Australia .

biography

Futterer was born in Australia in 1871 as the son of a German and a Danish woman. In the 1890s, the gold rush lured him to Coolgardie in Western Australia . Attacks of appendicitis forced him to return home, where he was near death.

In a Bible he happened to open, he came across the entry in the Book of Proverbs :

“My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. "

- Spr 3,1-2  KJV

"My son, do not forget my instruction, and keep your heart from my commandments, for they will bring you long life and good years and peace."

- Prov 3,1-2  LUT

Futterer made a pact with God: if he survived, he would henceforth preach the Bible. With good health he returned to the gold diggers and began to preach.

The preacher Alexis Jeffries, father of boxing world champion Jim Jeffries , sent Futterer to America to do missionary work there. In 1911, in Oakland , Futterer developed his Eye-Ographic Bible Atlas, an illustrated short version of the Old Testament for teaching.

In 1924, Futterer founded the "Bible Knowledge Society" in Los Angeles . Two years later he made his first trip to the Holy Land , where he hoped to find the Ark of the Covenant , which had existed since the destruction of the Temple of Solomon in 587 BC. Chr. Has disappeared. After years of searching, Futterer firmly believed that the Ark of the Covenant was located in a cave on Mount Nebo . However, his efforts were unsuccessful.

Futterer brought numerous finds from the Holy Land to California, where they can still be seen today in an exhibition called the "Holyland Exhibition".

At the age of 78, Futterer moved to Cyprus, where he died in 1951.

Aftermath

Rumor has it that Futterer was a source of inspiration for the movie hero Indiana Jones .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Antonia Frederick Futterer on Find a Grave
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Cecilia Rasmussen: The Adventures of a Would-Be Raider of the Lost Ark . Los Angeles Timess , September 30, 2001
  3. ^ A b Dylan Thomas: A bit of the Holy Land in Southwest . Southwest Journal, June 25, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Futterer, Antonia Frederick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Bible student and preacher
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1951
Place of death Famagusta , Cyprus