Gottlieb Ulrich Osiander

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Gottlieb Ulrich Osiander (born March 15, 1786 in Stuttgart , † December 6, 1827 in Knittlingen ) was a German Lutheran theologian.

Life

The son of the monastery preacher Johann Eberhard Osiander attended the grammar school in his hometown, completed the seminar in Blaubeuren in 1799 and then briefly attended the monastery school in Bebenhausen . He then took up studies at the University of Tübingen , where he studied natural philosophy with Jakob Friedrich Abel and Andreas Heinrich Schott .

But soon he dealt with the philosophical influences on theology. For this purpose, he had attended the lectures of Johann Friedrich Gaab , Friedrich Gottlieb Süskind , Johann Friedrich Flatt and Ernst Gottlieb Bengel . When he had completed his studies in 1808, he became a private tutor in Krefeld , 1811 repetent in Tübingen , 1812 deacon in Bahlingen , 1823 dean in Knittlingen and worked for the Vaterländische Zeitschrift .

Osiander was married to Wilhelmine Heyd, with whom he had five children.

Works (selection)

  • About the spread of Christianity; a critical contribution to the history of the first three centuries. In Archive for Church History Vol. 4, St. 2
  • About the purpose and meaning of the St. John's baptism. In: Analects for exegetical and systematic theology, Vol. 4, St. 1
  • Ideas for a pragmatic presentation of the Pauline Doctrine of Atonement. In Magazine for Christian Preachers Vol. 1, St. 1
  • About the plan to create a representation of the Protestant Church in Württemberg. In: Journal of the Christian Protestant Church in Germany. Issue 1, No. 3
  • Why did the German Evangelical Church not receive a legal constitution during the Reformation period. In: Journal of the Christian Protestant Church in Germany. Issue 3, No. 1

literature

  • Osiander 1786-1827. In: Athenaeum of famous scholars in Württemberg , Heft 3, Stuttgart 1929, pp. 35–44 ( online )
  • Heinrich Döring : The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Neustadt an der Orla: Wagner, 1833, Vol. 3, pp. 68–172 ( online )
  • Osiander, Gottlieb. In: Er - Gruber : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . Section 3, part 6, Leipzig: Gleditsch 1835, p. 261 ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Osiander, Gottlieb Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1827
Place of death Knittlingen