Hans Graß

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Hans Graß , also Hans Grass (born January 25, 1909 in Brandenburg an der Havel , † April 2, 1994 ) was a German Protestant clergyman and university professor .

Life

Hans Graß was the son of the dye works manager August Graß.

He attended the von-Saldern'sche-Gymnasium in Brandenburg an der Havel from 1916 to 1928 and enrolled in 1928 to study theology at the University of Göttingen , which he did at the University of Marburg , with lectures by Rudolf Bultmann , the University of Tübingen and continued at the University of Berlin ; on September 5, 1933 he passed his first theological exam .

From 1933 to 1936 he was vicar and assistant preacher in the Berlin-Brandenburg Church and passed his second theological exam on April 2, 1936.

On November 1, 1936, he started working for Paul Althaus as a research assistant at the University of Erlangen , where he received his doctorate on July 19, 1939. theol. and was drafted into military service in 1940. After he became an assistant at the University of Erlangen on December 1, 1942, he became a prisoner of war in Yugoslavia during his military service , from which he was released in 1948; Immediately afterwards he was given an assistant position at Paul Althaus, with whom he was in intensive correspondence during the war years.

On October 28, 1949, after his habilitation , he began teaching as a private lecturer in systematic theology at the University of Erlangen.

He was appointed senior assistant on June 27, 1951 and diet lecturer on April 1, 1955.

From the summer semester 1954 to the winter semester 1954/1955 he was a substitute professor for systematic theology at the University of Marburg, where on May 1, 1955 he became a full professor for systematic theology and social ethics ; on March 31, 1977 he retired .

Hans Graß had been married to Ingrid (née Boerl) since 1904 and they had four children together.

Scientific work

Hans Graß dealt very thoroughly with the resurrection and grave reports and sets the authenticity value of the representation in the four Gospels almost equal to zero: Even if it were possible to remove all legendary formations and growths, no core would be peeled out which could be said to reflect the original events in their sequence and circumstances with some clarity, unambiguity and plausibility .

Together with Werner Georg Kümmel , he founded and published the Marburg Theological Studies .

honors and awards

Fonts (selection)

  • The doctrine of the Lord's Supper with Luther and Calvin a critical investigation . Gütersloh Bertelsmann 1940.
  • Reason and Thoughts of Belief . 1954.
  • The evangelical doctrine of the Lord's Supper . Lüneburg: Heliand-Verlag 1961.
  • The Bible in the spiritual space of our people . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1962.
  • Hans Grass; Werner Georg Kümmel: Jesus Christ: the understanding of Christ through the ages a lecture series . Marburg, NG Elwert, 1963.
  • Hans Grass; Werner Georg Kümmel: Marburg theological studies . Marburg 1963.
  • The theology of Paul Althaus . In: New journal for systematic theology and philosophy of religion . Vol. 8 (1966) pp. 213-241.
  • Easter events and Easter reports . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck e Ruprecht, 1970.
  • Christian doctrine . Stuttgart 1973–1974.
  • Christian doctrine of the faith: compilation for study and work . Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1974.
  • Introduction to theology . Marburg: Elwert, 1978.
  • From theology and the church . Marburg: Elwert, 1988.
  • Treatise on Mariology . Marburg: Elwert, 1991.

literature

  • Hans Graß . In: The professors and lecturers at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen 1743–1960 . Part 1: Faculty of Theology - Faculty of Law. Erlangen 1993. ISBN 3-922135-92-7 . P. 26.
  • Alexander Warnemann: The Marburg theologian Hans Grass. Volume 109 of Marburg theological studies. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2012. (here: table of contents ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gotthard Jasper: Paul Althaus (1888–1966): Professor, preacher and patriot in his time . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015, ISBN 978-3-647-55053-4 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  2. ↑ Werner Harenberg: Jesus and the churches . In: Spiegel Online . tape April 16 , 1966 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 30, 2019]).
  3. ^ Simon Eckhardt: Marburg Theological Studies. Accessed December 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Graß, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grass, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant clergyman and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Brandenburg on the Havel
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1994