Claus Westermann

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Claus Westermann (born October 7, 1909 in Berlin ; † June 11, 2000 in Heidelberg ) was a German Protestant theologian and pastor who taught the Old Testament in Berlin and Heidelberg .

Life

Claus Westermann studied theology at the universities of Tübingen , Marburg and Berlin . In Tübingen he became a member of the AV Igel student association . In 1933 he passed the first theological exam at the Evangelical Consistory in Berlin .

Then the vicariate followed, initially in Arnswalde . At this point he was already a member of the Confessing Church . In Berlin, he entered the under Martin Niemoller resulting seminary of the Confessing Church one. With other vicars he later switched to the Naumburg seminary under Gerhard Gloege . He was arrested several times by the Gestapo . 1940–45 he did military service and from 1945–46 was a Soviet prisoner of war , during which he began his studies of the Old Testament with a Luther Bible .

From 1946 to 1952 Westermann was pastor in Berlin, including at the Burckhardthaus, and since 1949 at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church as a pastor.

In Zurich he was in 1949 when Walther Zimmerli Theodor (1907-1983) with his work Praising God in the Psalms to Dr. theol. PhD. He was then a lecturer at the Church University in Berlin , and from 1954 he held a professorship. From 1958 to 1978 he was a full professor for Old Testament theology at the University of Heidelberg until he retired in 1978 . Rainer Albertz is one of his students .

Honors

  • Honorary member of the English Society for Old Testament Studies
  • Honorary member of the American Society of Biblical Literature since 1979
  • The Burkitt Medal for Special Contribution to Biblical Studies, awarded by the British Academy of Sciences
  • Honorary theological doctorate from the Georg August University of Göttingen

Works

Monographs

  • The Bible in the History of the Church (= Study Series of the Young Congregation; 16). Burckhardthaus-Verlag, Berlin 1938.
  • The Lord's Supper . Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1950.
  • The structure of the book of Job (= contributions to historical theology. Volume 23). JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen 1956.
    • The structure of the Book of Job (= Calwer Theological Monographs, Series A: Biblical Studies, Volume 6). Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart, 2nd, expanded edition, 1977.
    • The structure of the book of Job . 3rd, supplemented edition. Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-7668-0539-8 .
  • Proverbs, preachers, Hohes Lied (= Stuttgart Bible booklets; 12). Quell-Verlag, Stuttgart 1956.
  • God's angels don't need wings. What the Bible says about the angels . Kreuz-Verlag, Stuttgart 1957; New edition 1989, ISBN 3-7831-0535-8 .
  • Controversial Bible . Kreuz-Verlag: Stuttgart, 1960.
    • Controversial Bible . Gütersloh publishing house Gerd Mohn: Gütersloh, 1964.
  • Basic forms of prophetic speech (= contributions to evangelical theology; 31). Kaiser, Munich 1960; 5th edition 1978.
  • Research on the Old Testament. Collected Studies I (= Theological Library; 24). Kaiser, Munich 1964.
  • The book of the prophet Isaiah. Chapters 40-66 (The Old Testament German; 19). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1966; 5th edition 1985.
  • Creation (= topics of theology; 12). Kreuz-Verlag, Stuttgart, 1971.
  • Genesis 1-11 (= proceeds of research; 7). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1972; 5th unchanged edition 1993, ISBN 3-534-05284-6 .
  • Rainer Albertz u. a. (Ed.): Research on the Old Testament. Collected studies II. On his 65th birthday on October 7, 1974 (= Theological Library; 55). Kaiser, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-459-00988-8 .
  • Genesis 12-50 (= proceeds of research; 48). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1975; 3rd unchanged edition 1992, ISBN 3-534-06042-3 .
  • The Psalter (= Biblical Seminar). Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-7668-0239-9 .
  • Praise and lament in the Psalms . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1983, ISBN 3-525-53558-9 (former title: The praising of God in the Psalms , 1953).
  • Income from research on the Old Testament (= Theological Library; 73). Kaiser, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-459-01574-8 .
  • The Lamentations. Research history and interpretation . Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1990, ISBN 3-7887-1307-0 .
  • Roots of wisdom. The oldest sayings of Israel and other peoples . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1990, ISBN 3-525-51673-8 .
  • The Joseph story. Eleven Bible studies on Genesis 37-50 (= Calw Pocket Library; 1). Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1990.
  • Introduction to the Bible . Kreuz-Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-7831-1363-6 (former title A Thousand Years and One Day ).
  • Man in the Old Testament (= Old Testament and Modern Age; 6). Lit-Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-8258-4587-7 .
  • Calwer Biblical Studies. Old Testament, Apocrypha, New Testament . Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-7668-3714-1 . (Former title: Abriß der Bibelkunde. Old and New Testament ).
  • Sermons . Edited by Rudolf Landau. Stuttgart 2009.

Essays

  • The Old Testament and human rights . In: Jörg Braun (Ed.): On the subject of human rights. Theological experiments and designs . Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-7668-0550-9 , pp. 5-18.
  • The Old Testament and theology . In: Georg Picht ao: Theology - what is that? : Kreuz-Verlag, Stuttgart 1977, pp. 49-66.
  • Cultivate and preserve . In: Helmut Aichelin, Gerhard Liedke (Ed.): Natural science and theology. Texts and comments (border discussions; 6). Verlag Kaiser, Munich 1974, pp. 203-213.
  • The Old Testament terms for questions and searches. Inaugural lecture 1959 . In: Kerygma and Dogma 6 (1960), pp. 2-30.
  • A note on the reform of theological study . In: Monthly Journal of Pastoral Theology 41 (1952), pp 403-414.
  • The Bible corrects its interpreters. Responsible use of script . In: Evangelical Comments 15 (1982), pp. 363–365.
  • Biblical aesthetics. The beautiful in the Bible . In: Zeichen der Zeit 4 (1950), pp. 277–289.
  • The God of the Old Covenant . In: Andreas Bsteh (ed.): The God of Christianity and Islam (= contributions to theology of religion; 2). Verlag St. Gabriel, Mödling 1992, pp. 36-49.
  • Hope in the Old Testament. A conceptual examination . In: Theologia Viatorum 4 (1952/53), pp. 19-70.
  • The illusion of atheism . In: Zeitwende 34 (1963), pp. 91-100.
  • Talking about the Creator and creation in the Old Testament . In: Fritz Maas: The far and near word. Festschrift for Leonard Rost's 70th birthday on November 30, 1966 (= supplements to the journal for Old Testament science; 105). Toepelmann Verlag, Berlin 1967, pp. 238–244.
  • The role of the lament in the theology of the Old Testament . In: Interpretation , Vol. 28 (1974), pp. 20-38.
  • The language structure of Romans. The state before and after Christ . In: David Trobisch (Ed.): In dubio pro deo. Heidelberg responses to Gerd Theißen's 50th birthday on April 24, 1993 . Selbstverlag, Heidelberg 1993, pp. 351-361.
  • Structure and history of the lament in the Old Testament . In: Journal for Old Testament Science 66, (1954), pp. 44–80.
  • On two theologies of the Old Testament ( Georg Fohrer , Walther Zimmerli ). In: Evangelische Theologie 34 (1974), pp. 96–112
  • Body and soul in the Bible . In: What do you know about the soul? Research and experience in psychology, philosophy and theology . Kreuz-Verlag Stuttgart - Berlin, 1967, pp. 167–176.

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personal data
SURNAME Westermann, Claus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 2000
Place of death Heidelberg