Edvard Lehmann
Johannes Edvard Lehmann (born August 19, 1862 in Copenhagen ; † March 23, 1930 ibid) was a Danish historian of religion .
Life
Lehmann came from a dynasty of scholars and officials of German descent. He was a son of the doctor Heinrich Lehmann (1815–1890) and nephew of Orla Lehmann .
From 1880 to 1886 Lehmann studied Protestant theology at the University of Copenhagen , at times also at the University of Lund . He then worked as a teacher in Copenhagen and Kalundborg. From 1892 to 1897 he was able to study at universities in Germany, the Netherlands, England, France and Italy with the help of a scholarship. As a student of Pierre Daniel Chantepie de la Saussaye , he wrote some sections for his textbook on the history of religion (2nd edition 1897). 1896 with a work submitted in Copenhagen on Forholdet mellem Religion og Kultur i Avesta to the Dr. phil. after receiving his doctorate, in 1900 he received the first lectureship in the history of religion established in Denmark.
1910 Lehmann was appointed professor of religious history and philosophy of religion at the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Berlin called and acquired the same year at the University of Leiden the degree of Dr. theol. In 1913, however, he switched to the professorship for theological encyclopedia at Lund University. Here, too, he mainly dealt with the history of religion. After retiring in 1927, he returned to Denmark.
Fonts
Lehmann wrote and published mainly in Danish and Swedish, but also in German:
- Mysticism in Paganism and Christianity. German translation by Anna Grundtvig. Teubner, Leipzig 1908.
- Text book on the history of religion. A. Deichert, Leipzig 1912 (editor). Second, expanded and improved edition, Leipzig, Erlangen 1922 digitized
- Sören Kierkegaard (= The Classics of Religion. Vol. 8/9). Protestant writer distribution, Berlin 1913 (editor and translator).
- The beginnings of religion and the religion of the primitive peoples. In: Religions of the Orient and the old Germanic religion. 2nd Edition. Teubner, Leipzig / Berlin 1913, pp. 1–32.
- The religion. Brief history of religion. Dürr'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1924.
- Grundtvig. German by Andreas Öster. Mohr, Tübingen 1932.
Web links
- Article in Dansk biografisk leksikon , accessed September 8, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lehmann, Edvard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lehmann, Johannes Edvard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish religious historian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1930 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |