Friedrich Bleek
Friedrich Bleek (born July 4, 1793 in Ahrensbök ; † February 27, 1859 in Bonn ) was a German theologian and one of the most important biblical scholars of his time. He was the father of the linguist Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek .
Life
Born in Ahrensbök near Lübeck as the son of a notary and businessman, Friedrich attended elementary school and from 1804 learned Latin and Greek on the side, so that from 1809 to Easter 1812 he was able to attend the prima of the Lübeck Katharineum .
In 1812 he began studying Protestant theology and philosophy at the University of Kiel, where he also eagerly listened to mathematics and philology. In 1814 he moved to Berlin , studied theology for three years with Schleiermacher, De Wette and Leander and took his theological exams in Schleswig and Glücksburg. In 1821 he received his doctorate in Breslau, and shortly thereafter, in the same year, did his habilitation in Berlin. Immediately afterwards he was appointed associate professor at Berlin University. In 1829 he followed a call to the Bonn Alma Mater and remained a member of the faculty there for 30 years. In 1843 he was appointed consistorial councilor. In 1843/44 he was the rector of the university.
Friedrich Bleek's eldest son was the linguist Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek . Friedrich Bleek died suddenly of a stroke on February 27, 1859 in his apartment in Bonn. He was an outstanding scholar and exegete and one of the most important exponents of biblical studies of his time.
The political scientist Wilhelm Bleek is a great-great-grandson of Friedrich Bleek.
Works
- Introduction, translation. u. Commentary on Letter to the Hebrews I, 1828; II, 1836; III, 1840;
- Introduction to the Old Testament , ed. v. Johannes Bleek u. Adolf Kamphausen, 1860 (6th edition 1893, edited by Julius Wellhausen );
- Introduction to the New Testament , ed. v. Johannes Bleek, 1862 (1864, edited by Wilhelm Mangold);
- Synoptic Explanation of the First Three Gospels, ed. v. Heinrich Julius Holtzmann , 2 vols., 1862;
- Lectures on the Apocalypse, 1862, Letter from Paul to the Colossians , Letter from Paul to Philemon , Letter from Paul to the Ephesians 1865, the Letter to the Hebrews , 1868.
literature
- Karl F. Chudoba: The Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, your rectors and famous professors. Edited by the Rector and Senate on the 125th anniversary of the founding day, Bonn, 1943
- Adolf Kamphausen: Bleek, Friedrich . In: Realencyklopadie for Protestant Theology and Church (RE). 3. Edition. Volume 3, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1897, pp. 254-257.
- Hermann Strathmann : Bleek, Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 296 ( digitized version ).
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : BLEEK, Friedrich. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 621.
- Adolf Kamphausen : Bleek, Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 701 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ See: Wilhelm Bleek: Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann. Eine Biographie, Munich 2010, p. 58.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bleek, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ahrensbök |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1859 |
| Place of death | Bonn |