Ferdinand Hitzig

Ferdinand Hitzig

Ferdinand Hitzig (born June 23, 1807 in Hauingen , † January 22, 1875 in Heidelberg ) was a German Protestant theologian.

Life

The son of pastor Friedrich Wilhelm Hitzig attended education in Lörrach and the grammar school in Karlsruhe as a student of prelate Johann Peter Hebel , who was a lifelong friend of his father.

He studied theology from 1824 at the University of Heidelberg , from 1825 to 1827 at the Friedrichs University in Halle . There his teacher Wilhelm Gesenius had a great influence on his further theological development. After his theological exam in 1827, he went to the University of Göttingen to devote himself to scientific theology, where he joined the theologian Heinrich Georg August Ewald .

In 1829 Hitzig became a private lecturer in the Old Testament in Heidelberg, and in 1833 professor of theology at the University of Zurich , where he was rector from 1842–1844 and 1858–1860 . In 1861 he received an offer to succeed Friedrich Wilhelm Carl Umbreit at the University of Heidelberg. His successor in Zurich was initially Eberhard Schrader (1862–1870), then Heinrich Steiner (1871–1889).

In 1863, Hitzig co-founded the " German Protestant Association ".

Fonts

• Concept of criticism, practically discussed in the Old Testament. Mohr , Heidelberg 1831 ( digitized version ).
• Isaiah the prophet. Winter , Heidelberg 1833.
• Concise Exegetical Handbook on the Old Testament. 1. The twelve minor prophets. Weidmann , Leipzig 1838 (digitized version); 3. The prophet Jeremiah. Ibid. 1841 ( digitized version ); 7. Solomon's preacher. Ibid. 1847 (also: Ernst Bertheau : Die Sprüche Salomo's ); 8. The prophet Ezekiel. Ibid. 1847 ( digitized version ); The book of Daniel. Ibid. 1850 ( digitized version ); 16. The Song of Songs. (contains also: Otto Thenius : Das Klagelied. ) ( digitized version ) Hirzel , Leipzig 1855.
• About the invention of the alphabet. A memorial for the celebration of the book printing invented by Gutenberg in 1840. Orell, Füssli & Co. , Zurich 1840 ( digitized ).
• To the oldest history of peoples and myths. 1. Prehistory and Mythology of the Philistines. Weidmann, Leipzig 1845 ( digitized version ).
• The prophetic books of the Old Testament. Hirzel, Leipzig 1854.
• History of the people of Israel from the beginning to the conquest of Masada in 72 AD. Hirzel, Leipzig 1869. 1. Until the end of Persian suzerainty ( digitized version ); 2. Until the war of Titus. ( Digitized version )
• The Book of Job. Winter, Leipzig / Heidelberg, 1874.
• Ferdinand Hitzig's lectures on biblical theology and messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. Lectures on biblical theology and messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. Edited by Johann Jacob Kneucker. Reuther, Karlsruhe 1880.

literature

• Gustav Moritz Redslob :  Hitzig, Ferdinand . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, pp. 507-509.
• Georg Christian Macholz:  Hitzig, Ferdinand. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 276 ( digitized version ).
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Hitzig, Ferdinand. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 904-905.

Web links

Wikisource: Ferdinand Hitzig  - Sources and full texts

Commons : Ferdinand Hitzig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Works by and about Ferdinand Hitzig  in the German Digital Library
• Overview of Ferdinand Hitzig's courses at the University of Zurich (summer semester 1833 to winter semester 1860)