David Erdmann

Christian Friedrich David Erdmann (born July 28, 1821 in Güstebiese ; † March 11, 1905 in Dresden ) was a German Protestant theologian and church historian .

Life

Erdmann studied Protestant theology in Berlin, where he became a follower of Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg and August Neander . In 1845 he joined the Berlin Wingolf . From 1851 he was first division pastor. In 1853 he became a private lecturer in Berlin, in 1856 a full professor of New Testament theology and church history at the University of Königsberg , where he also served as pastor. In 1864 he moved to Breslau as general superintendent of the old Prussian church province of Silesia , where he was made an honorary professor in 1865. In 1900 he retired.

From 1882 to 1899 Erdmann was chairman of the Association for the History of the Evangelical Church in Silesia.

Works

• Samueli's books , Bielefeld 1873.
• Jacobus ' letter , Berlin 1881.
• Luther and the Hohenzollern , Breslau 1883, 2nd edition 1884.
• Luther and his relations with Silesia, especially with Breslau , Halle 1887.

literature

• Dietrich Blaufuss (Ed.): Handbook of German regional church history. Neustadt an der Aisch 1999, p. 195.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Erdmann, David. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1534.

Web links

Wikisource: David Erdmann  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

1. ^ Christian Tilitzki: The Albertus University of Königsberg. Its history from the founding of the empire to the fall of the province of East Prussia (1871-1945) . tape 1: 1871-1918 . Berlin 2012, p. 31 .
2. ↑ Complete directory of Wingolf , Lichtenberg 1991

predecessor	Office	successor
August Hahn	General Superintendent of the Ecclesiastical Province of Silesia 1864–1900	Hugo Nehmiz