Günter Gentz

Günter Gentz (born November 11, 1912 in Hanover , † March 30, 1942 in the Soviet Union ) was a German Protestant theologian . His focus was the Greek church history.

Life

Günter Gentz ​​grew up in Hanover and Koblenz. From 1931 to 1936 he studied Protestant theology at Berlin University . After the two theological exams, he was an assistant pastor in a suburb of Berlin.

In addition to the parish office, Gentz ​​was scientifically active. On June 18, 1938, he passed the licentiate examination, on July 11, 1940, he was awarded a D. theol. PhD . His research area was ancient and medieval church history, which Hans Lietzmann in particular represented in Berlin . Together with Hans-Georg Opitz , Gentz ​​worked in the Berlin Church Fathers Commission , where he did preparatory work for the critical editions of Socrates Scholastikos and Theodorus Lector . Gentz ​​found an independent research area in the late Byzantine church history of Nikephoros Kallistus , whose sources he thoroughly examined. Gentz ​​also wrote journal articles and articles for the real encyclopedia of classical antiquity (RE: Easter , Philostorgios [3] ) and for the real dictionary for antiquity and Christianity (RAC).

After the outbreak of World War II , Gentz ​​was drafted into military service. He took part in the Russian campaign as a private in the field gendarmerie . On March 30th he fell "after being seriously wounded in a fight with partisans" (Eltester).

Gentz's source research on Nikephoros Kallistos was edited by Friedhelm Winkelmann after his death and appeared posthumously in 1966.

Fonts (selection)

• Philostorgios 3 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XX, 1, Stuttgart 1941, Col. 119-122.
• Easter . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVIII, 2, Stuttgart 1942, Sp. 1647-1653.
• Apollinaris of Laodicea . In: Reallexikon für Antiquity and Christianity (RAC). Vol. I (1950), col. 520-522
• Aquarii . In: Reallexikon für Antiquity and Christianity (RAC). Volume I (1950), col. 574-575
• Arians . In: Reallexikon für Antiquity and Christianity (RAC). Volume I (1950), Col. 647-652
• Athanasius . In: Reallexikon für Antiquity and Christianity (RAC). Volume I (1950), Col. 860-866
• The church history of Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopulus and its sources. Postponed studies by Günter Gentz ​​†. Revised and expanded by Friedhelm Winkelmann . Berlin 1966

literature

• Walther Eltester : Obituary for Günter Gentz . In: Theological literary newspaper . Volume 67, No. 10 (1942), p. 297

Web links

Wikisource: Günter Gentz  - Sources and full texts

• Literature by Günter Gentz in the catalog of the German National Library