Friso Melzer

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Friso Melzer (born February 27, 1907 in Aurich ; † June 4, 1998 in Reichelsheim ) was a German Protestant theologian and philologist who gained fame especially through his efforts to promote Protestant literature and his reports from India .

Life

Melzer was born in Aurich, East Frisia. He studied Protestant theology. In 1935 he traveled to India, where he worked as a missionary until 1940 . After his return to Germany he worked as a pastor in Adelberg , as a senior teacher in the school service a. a. in Geislingen an der Steige and as a lecturer in teacher training in Baden-Württemberg .

Act

The focus of his work was the interlinking of theology and German studies (draft of a "Protestant Literature") and the attempt to capture the German vocabulary of Christian character in theo-philological dictionaries. In addition, he was one of the first evangelical clergymen who learned from the old church and from Indian Christians to open up new paths to silence, to silence and to listening to God. He encouraged breathing exercises and reading the Bible aloud to absorb God's words more powerfully. He was convinced that only those who could remain silent and were concerned had something to say. By translating and publishing the writings of the Indian Christian and wandering monk Sadhu Sundar Singh , he made him known in the German-speaking world.

Bibliography (selection)

  • Living dogma. Rauhen Haus agency, Hamburg 1932.
  • Church and Literature. History of Protestant literary criticism, Gütersloh 1933
  • Prayer in the Name of Jesus Christ. Calicut 1936.
  • Theological encounter with India, Gütersloh 1948
  • The Christian vocabulary of the German language. An evangelical representation, Lahr, 1951
  • Our language in the light of the Christ Revelation, 2., exp. Edition Tübingen 1952; partly online at google books
  • Evangelical proclamation and German language. Selected lectures and essays, Tübingen 1970
  • Immersion or encounter. Decision support for the question of meditation, Stuttgart 1987
  • Sadhu Sundar Singh . Collected writings, 12th edition, Stuttgart 1993
  • The word in the words. The German language in the service of following Christ, 3rd edition, Giessen 1997
  • Indian wisdom and Christian knowledge , Der Leuchter Otto Reichl Verlag, Tübingen, 1948

literature

  • Carsten Nicolaisen , Nora A. Schulte, Anke Silomon: The Protocols of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Volume 4: 1950 , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2007. ISBN 3-525-55763-9 , p. 490.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Mauz: In the intermediate space. For the interdisciplinary reconstruction of interpretive practices between literary studies and theology . In: Andreas Mauz; Ulrich Weber (Ed.): “Wonderful Theology”. Constellations of literature and religion in the 20th century . Wallstein, Göttingen 2016, p. 53-89 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Härry : Ich und Friso Melzer, AufAtmen 3/2016, SCM Bundesverlag, Witten, pages 64–67
personal data
SURNAME Melzer, Friso
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and philologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Aurich
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1998
Place of death Reichelsheim