Gerhard Friedrich (theologian)
Gerhard Friedrich (born August 20, 1908 in Jodszen, Pillkallen district , † January 18, 1986 in Kiel ) was a German Protestant theologian who, as a professor, devoted himself particularly to the subject of the New Testament .
Life
Friedrich attended the Friedrichsschule Gumbinnen . After graduating from high school in 1928, he studied at the universities of Königsberg , Marburg and Tübingen . After 1933 he did not join any National Socialist organization, which made it difficult to work as an assistant at the University of Tübingen. During this time he went back to East Prussia and was involved in the Confessing Church . He became a soldier in World War II , but was able to complete his doctorate in 1940 . In 1944 he was taken prisoner by the English .
In 1947 he was appointed to a chair in the New Testament at the Bethel Theological School . In 1953 he moved to the University of Kiel and in 1954 to the University of Erlangen , where he was rector from 1964 to 1966. From 1968 until his retirement in 1976 he taught again at the University of Kiel.
He was the father of Johannes Friedrich .
Work and meaning
Since 1948 he has been the successor to Gerhard Kittel, the theological dictionary for the New Testament , of which by then the first four volumes had already appeared. This work was completed in 1979. This dictionary has been translated into several languages, e.g. B. English, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and French. He also worked as a co-editor of the eleven-volume work Das Neue Testament deutsch . He has also published numerous books, including Utopia and Kingdom of God (1974), Sexuality and Marriage: Inquiry to the New Testament (1977), Ecology and the Bible: New Man and Old Cosmos (1982) and The Annunciation of the Death of Jesus in the New Testament (1982).
Honors
Friedrich received the Bavarian Order of Merit in 1969 and the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1980 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerhard Friedrich in the catalog of the German National Library
- Friedrich, Gerhard . In: East German Biography (Kulturportal West-Ost)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedrich, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Iodszen , Pillkallen district |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1986 |
| Place of death | Kiel |