Eduard Bohl

Eduard Böhl (born November 18, 1836 in Hamburg , † January 24, 1903 in Vienna ) was a German Reformed theologian .

Life

Böhl grew up as the son of a Lutheran merchant and a Roman Catholic mother. From 1846 to 1854 he attended the Johanneum in Hamburg , then the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Berlin . There he started studying theology, but after just one semester he switched to the university in Halle . In 1858 he continued his studies in Erlangen . In 1861 Böhl became a private lecturer for the Old Testament in Basel . There he accepted the Reformed Confession and completed his habilitation. From 1864 to 1899 Böhl taught in Vienna as a professor of systematic theology .

His main work Dogmatics is considered a comprehensive German-language summary of the Reformed doctrine. Böhl was an enthusiastic admirer of Martin Luther , which is why his work is also recognized by Lutherans. His dogmatics was recognized by Karl Barth, among others . Böhl was the son-in-law of the great Reformed theologian and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Congregation in Elberfeld, Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrügge .

Works

Eduard Böhl (Author), Thomas Schirrmacher (Ed.): Dogmatik. Bonn, Verlag für Kultur und Wissenschaft, revised new edition (October 2004), ISBN 978-3932829987

literature

Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Böhl, Eduard. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 658. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )

Web links

Literature by and about Eduard Böhl in the catalog of the German National Library
Light and law writings by Eduard Böhl
Photography by Eduard Böhl

Individual evidence

^ Eberhard Busch: Böhl, Eduard (1836-1903) . In: Helmut Burkhardt and Uwe Swarat (ed.): Evangelical Lexicon for Theology and Congregation . tape 1 . R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1992, ISBN 3-417-24641-5 , p. 291 .

personal data
SURNAME	Bohl, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German reformed theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	January 24, 1903
Place of death	Vienna

[Busch-1] Eberhard Busch: Böhl, Eduard (1836-1903) . In: Helmut Burkhardt and Uwe Swarat (ed.): Evangelical Lexicon for Theology and Congregation . tape 1 . R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 1992, ISBN 3-417-24641-5 , p. 291 .