Heinrich Greeven
Heinrich Greeven (born October 4, 1906 in Thorn ; † June 7, 1990 in Bochum ) was a German Protestant theologian and university professor who u. a. researched very intensively in the field of textual criticism . The synopsis , which he edited several times, is well known .
Life
After graduating from high school in Bad Kreuznach and studying Protestant theology , Greeven worked as a student pastor at the University of Greifswald from 1930 and was able to do a doctorate and habilitation there . As a member of the Confessing Church , he was transferred to Heidelberg University in 1937 . After military service and imprisonment, he became pastor in Heidelberg- Wieblingen in 1947 , associate professor in Heidelberg in 1948, lecturer in 1950 and professor at the Bethel Theological School in 1954 . From there he moved to the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel as a full professor in 1956 , where he was rector in 1960/61 . From 1964 until his retirement in 1972 he taught at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum . There, too, he was rector from October 15, 1965 to October 14, 1967.
He was a member of the Ecumenical Working Group of Protestant and Catholic Theologians (ÖAK) for years and contributed to publications.
Fonts (selection)
- Prayer and eschatology in the New Testament . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1931 (also Diss. Greifswald).
- The main problem of social ethics in the newer Stoa and in early Christianity . Gütersloher publishing house Mohn, Gütersloh 1935 (also Habil. Greifswald).
- The original text of the New Testament . Hirt, Kiel 1960.
- Marriage according to the New Testament in theology of marriage , p. 37 ff, publishers Friedrich Pustet Regensburg and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Göttingen, 1969
- Textual review of the Gospel of Mark (2005, completed by Eberhard Güting after Greeven's death).
As editor
- Martin Dibelius : To the Colossians, Ephesians, to Philemon (New Testament Handbook 12). 3rd edition Mohr, Tübingen 1953.
- Martin Dibelius: Essays on the Acts of the Apostles . 2., unchanged. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1953.
- The woman at work . Furche-Verlag, Hamburg 1954.
- Martin Dibelius: The letter of James (critical-exegetical commentary on the New Testament; 15). 8th, through With a supplementary booklet. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1956.
- Albert Huck : Synopsis of the first three Gospels: with the addition of the Johannine parallel passages . 13., completely reworked. Ed. Mohr, Tübingen 1981.
literature
- Wolfgang Schrage (ed.): Studies on the text and ethics of the New Testament: Festschrift for the 80th birthday of Heinrich Greeven . de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 1986.
- Hannelore Braun, Gertraud Grünzinger: Personal Lexicon on German Protestantism 1919–1949 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2006, p. 91.
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich Greeven in the Kiel list of scholars; accessed on September 2, 2016.
- ^ Ruhr University Bochum Rectorates
- ↑ Theology of Marriage . At the 29th conference with contributions from Rudolf Schnackenburg , Heinrich Greeven, Joseph Ratzinger , Heinz-Dietrich Wendland ; List of members of the working group, documents of the churches on marriage and marriage, publishers Friedrich Pustet Regensburg and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Göttingen, 1969
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Greeven, Heinrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1906 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Thorn |
DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1990 |
Place of death | Bochum |