Gottlieb Philipp Christian Kaiser

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Gottlieb Philipp Christian Kaiser (born May 6, 1781 in Hof (Saale) ; † January 3, 1848 in Erlangen ) was a German Protestant theologian , clergyman and university professor .

Life

Kaiser was the son of Hofer's pastor Nikolaus Kaiser. He studied theology at the universities of Leipzig and Erlangen . He then worked as a teacher as well as a clergyman in court and subdeacon in Münchberg . During this time he began his writing activity. In 1814 he returned to Erlangen as a deacon . There he became pastor and in 1815 Dr. theol. PhD and shortly thereafter qualified as a professor . The first teaching position at the university as a private lecturer followed .

Kaiser became an associate professor in 1816 and a short time later in 1817 a full professor of theology at Erlangen University as well as a royal Bavarian consistorial councilor. In 1822 he gave up his activity as a clergyman in order to be able to concentrate fully on his scientific work. Friedrich Wilhelm Kantzenbach states in his biographical sketch of Kaiser’s scientific achievements: “His scientific reputation is not based on the numerous smaller exegesis studies, mostly written in Latin (...), which lack every major feature, but indirectly on his main work published in 1813 Biblical theology or Judaism and Christianism according to the grammatical-historical method of interpretation and according to a bold position in the critically comparative universal history of religions, and universal religion. "

Publications (selection)

Kaiser published a large number of Latin dissertations. In addition, the following appeared in German:

  • First lessons in taste theory , Haueisen, Ansbach 1804.
  • Biblical theology or Judaism and Christianism according to the grammatical-historical method of interpretation and after a bold position in the critically comparative universal history of religions, and the universal religion , Palm, Erlangen 1813-1824.
  • Draft of a system of pastoral theology , Nuremberg 1816.
  • Draft of a system of spiritual rhetoric according to its full scope , Pal, Erlangen 1816.
  • Outline of a system of New Testament hermeneutics , Palm, Erlangen 1817.
  • About the presbyteries in general and about their introduction in Bavaria in particular , Heyder, Erlangen 1822.
  • On the synoptic compilation of the four canonical Gospels , Riegler and Wiesner, Nuremberg 1828.
  • About the original language or about an assertion by Moses that all languages ​​in the world descend from a single one, the Noachic: with a few appendices , Palm, Erlangen 1840.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Kantzenbach :  Kaiser, Gottlieb Philipp Christian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 39 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Kaiser, Gottlieb Philipp Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, clergyman and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH Hof (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1848
Place of death gain