Benzion Kellermann
Benzion Kellermann (born December 11, 1869 in Gerolzhofen , † June 22, 1923 in Berlin ) was a German rabbi and philosopher ( Neo-Kantian , Marburg School ).
Benzion Kellermann attended the preparatory school in Höchberg for four years , after two years at the Israelite Teacher Training Institute in Würzburg he passed his exam in 1888. He also studied at the Universities of Marburg and Gießen, where he received his doctorate in 1896 . In 1902/03 he passed the rabbinical examination at the College for the Science of Judaism in Berlin . From 1898/1901 he was rabbi and religion teacher in Konitz , West Prussia . From 1901 to 1913/14 he was head of the fourth religious school of the Jewish community in Berlin, at the same time a teacher at the boys' middle school. From 1917 to 1923 he was a liberal rabbi in Berlin.
He is buried in the Jewish cemetery in Berlin-Weißensee .
Major works
- Scientific idealism and religion , 1908
- The ethical monotheism of the prophets , 1917
- The ideal in the system of Kantian philosophy , 1920
- The ethics of Spinoza , Berlin 1922
literature
- Torsten Lattki: Benzion Kellermann. Prophetic Judaism and religion of reason. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-525-57040-1 (not evaluated)
- Esriel Hildesheimer, Mordechai Eliav: Das Berliner Rabbinerseminar 1873-1938 , Berlin 2008, ISBN 9783938485460 , p. 157
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kellermann, Benzion |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosopher and rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gerolzhofen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 1923 |
| Place of death | Berlin |