Gustaf Dalman Institute Greifswald
The Gustaf Dalman Institute is located in the Theological Faculty of the University of Greifswald . Since 1920 it has been used for research and teaching on biblical geography and antiquity. A collection, including around 10,000 historical photographs , documents Palestine in the period before the First World War .
history
The theologian Gustaf Dalman (1855–1941) headed the German Evangelical Institute for Classical Studies of the Holy Land in Jerusalem from 1902 . Captured by the upheavals of the First World War in Germany, Dalman finally continued his research in Greifswald in 1917 . Here in 1920 he founded the Institute for Biblical Geography and Antiquity, which was later named after him. Today the Gustaf Dalman Institute is again working closely with the Jerusalem "mother institute".
collection
With Dalman, part of his Jerusalem collection came to Greifswald in 1917 : small archaeological finds, household and field tools, wood, plant and rock samples, a herbarium, maps and relief maps as well as around 10,000 historical photographs. The institute's library contains around 5,000 volumes, some of which date back to the 16th century. The Gustaf Dalman collection is continuously digitized. Around 3,700 photographs can be researched online.
meaning
With its interdisciplinary collection, the Gustaf Dalman Institute conveys the image of a lost culture: Palestine before the First World War . At that time the region was still characterized by a rich rural and nomadic culture. Dalman originally wanted to enable conclusions to be drawn about the land of the Bible with his work. Today researchers appreciate the documentation of landscapes and customs, buildings and excavations that can no longer be found on site today.
The historical development of the institute was closely linked in teaching and research with the theological personality Julia Männchen (1939–2018), professor emeritus for the Old Testament. Since 1968 she has been teaching Hebrew and Old Testament biblical studies at Greifswald University, and since 1980 she has devoted herself to further organizing and researching the extensive Palestine collection , the legacy of the then well-known Protestant researcher for Palestine and Judaism Gustaf Dalman. The scientist also volunteered for the Christian-Jewish dialogue and was involved in the Greifswald working group Church and Judaism (see S. Marx 2018).
literature
- Julia Männchen: The heart moves to Jerusalem. Gustaf Dalman on the occasion of his 150th birthday , arr. on behalf of the Theological Faculty of the Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Greifswald 2005.
- Julia Männchen: Gustaf Dalman as a Palestine scientist in Jerusalem and Greifswald 1902–1941 (Treatises of the German Palestine Association 9, 2), Wiesbaden 1994 [zugl. Habil., University of Greifswald, 1991].
- Julia Männchen: Gustaf Dalman's life and work in the Brethren, for the Jewish mission and at the University of Leipzig 1855–1902 (treatises of the German Palestine Association), Wiesbaden 1987 [zugl. Diss., University of Greifswald, 1984].
- Gustaf Dalman : Work and Customs in Palestine , 7 vols., Berlin 1928–1942, vol. 8 [fragment from the estate], Berlin 2001.
- Sybille Marx: Known for the love of Judaism. Julia Männchen died on Tuesday night. An obituary , in: Ostsee-Zeitung , Greifswalder Zeitung, Vol. 66, No. 4 of January 5, 2018, p. 13, 1 portrait
Web links
- Literature about Gustaf Dalman Institute Greifswald in the state bibliography MV
- Site of the Gustaf Dalman Institute
- Database with historical photographs of the Gustaf Dalman collection
- Gustaf Dalman Collection on the website of the Scientific Collections of the University of Greifswald
- Contribution to the historical Palestine photographs of the Gustaf Dalman collection
- Author catalog of the Judaica in the Dalman Institute
Coordinates: 54 ° 5 ′ 44.1 ″ N , 13 ° 22 ′ 28.1 ″ E