Gustav Volkmar

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Gustav Volkmar

Gustav Hermann Joseph Philipp Volkmar (also Volckmar ; born January 11, 1809 in Hersfeld , † January 9, 1893 in Zurich ) was a German classical philologist and Protestant theologian. From 1862 he was professor for the New Testament at the University of Zurich .

Life

Gustav Volkmar grew up in a musical family as the son of the Hersfeld city organist and later Rinteln high school teacher Adam Valentin Volckmar . His brother Wilhelm Valentin Volckmar became a composer. After graduating from high school in Rinteln , Gustav Volkmar studied theology and philology in Marburg from 1829 to 1832 . In 1833 he first became a high school teacher at his old school. After a brief teaching position in Kassel, he was called to his home town of Hersfeld in 1837 , where he married and started a family. In 1838 he received his doctorate. phil. at the University of Marburg . From 1845 to 1852 Volkmar worked in Marburg and Fulda as a high school professor .

As early as 1846 Volkmar supported the liberal-Catholic movement of the German Catholics , who were also in opposition to princely absolutism. After he had published an anonymous pamphlet against the revision policy of the Hessian authorities under the Ludwig Hassenpflug ministry in 1850 , Volkmar was imprisoned at the end of 1852 and removed from his office. Out of custody, he was appointed private lecturer for the New Testament at the University of Zurich in 1853 . In 1862 he was appointed professor and full professor in the same subject. Volkmar worked in Zurich until the end of his life in 1893. He stood out primarily with contributions to the historical-critical exegesis of the New Testament and to the oldest church history.

Fonts (selection)

  • Notio vocis religionis Romana. Liber primus. De verbi legendi natura atque progenie. Marburg 1838, (Marburg, University, dissertation, 1838; digitized version ).
  • The highest principle of Christianity during the Reformation and free Catholicism today. Protestant encouragement to the German Catholics in Marburg when they were constituted. Friedrich, Siegen 1846.
  • The Gospel of Marcion. Text and criticism with regard to the gospels of the martyr Justin, the clementines and the apostolic fathers. A revision of the more recent investigations based on the sources themselves to determine the text and explain the Gospel of Lucas. Weidmann, Leipzig 1852, ( digitized version ).
  • About Justin the martyr and his relation to our Gospels. A program. Kiesling, Zurich 1853, ( digitized version ).
  • The sources of the history of heretics up to the Niceneum. Volume 1: Hippolytus and the Roman contemporaries or the Philosophumena and the related writings according to origin, composition and sources. Kiesling, Zurich 1855.
  • The religion of Jesus and its first development according to the current state of science. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1857.
  • Handbook of Introduction to the Apocrypha. 1860-1867;
    • Part 1: Judith and the prophets Ezra and Enoch.
      • Department 1: Judith. Fues, Tübingen 1860, ( digitized version ).
      • Division 2: The Fourth Book of Ezra. Fues, Tübingen 1863, ( digitized ).
    • Volume 3: Moses Prophecy and Ascension. Fues, Leipzig 1867, ( digitized version ).
  • Commentary on Revelation John. Orell, Füßli and Comp., Zurich 1862, ( digitized ).
  • The Gospels or Marcus and the Synopsis of the Canonical and Extra-Canonical Gospels. Based on the oldest text with a historical-exegetical commentary. Fues, Leipzig 1870, ( digitized version ).
  • The origin of our Gospels according to the documents, according to recent discoveries and negotiations. Herzog, Zurich 1866, ( digitized ).
  • The origin of Jesus Christ according to the Bible itself. Against distortions in newer church authorities in Berlin and Bern. Schmidt, Zurich 1874.
  • The New Testament Letters explained historically in context. Volume 1: Paul's letter to the Romans. Schmidt, Zurich 1875, ( digitized version ).
  • Jesus Nazarenus and the first Christian period, with the first two narrators. Schmidt, Zurich 1882.
  • The newly discovered early Christian scripture “Teaching of the twelve apostles to the peoples”. Schröter, Leipzig et al. 1885, ( digitized ).
  • Paul - from Damascus to Galatians. Schröter & Meyer, Zurich et al. 1887.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willy Hansel: The Rintelner Gymnasium in the mirror of the times. 1817-1967. 150th anniversary from 22nd to 25th September 1967. Gymnasium Ernestinum ua, Rinteln 1967, p. 101.
  2. ↑ His political writing contained the sentence: "If the elector should come to his senses again ..." Willy Hansel: The Rintelner Gymnasium in the mirror of the times. 1817-1967. 150th anniversary from 22nd to 25th September 1967. Gymnasium Ernestinum ua, Rinteln 1967, p. 97.
  3. ↑ Only three volumes appeared. Michael O. Krieg: Not more than that. A directory of unfinished printed works (= Bibliotheca bibliographica. Vol. 2, 2, ZDB -ID 407143-8 ). Volume 2: M - Z. Supplements. Krieg, Vienna 1954, p. 330.

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personal data
SURNAME Volkmar, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Volckmar, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Hersfeld
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1893
Place of death Zurich