Helmut Lamparter

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Helmut Lamparter (born September 28, 1912 in Reutlingen , † March 18, 1991 in Tübingen ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian .

Lamparter Helmut around 1985

Life

Helmut Lamparter grew up in Reutlingen and, after graduating from the state, attended the Protestant seminars in Schöntal and Urach between 1926 and 1930 . From 1930 to 1934 he studied Protestant theology , first in nearby Tübingen, then in Marburg and finally in Bonn , a. a. with Karl Barth , who shaped him a lot.

Helmut Lamparter around 1930

From 1934 to 1938 he completed his vicariate in various parishes of the Württemberg regional church and wrote scientific papers on Martin Luther . From 1939 he worked as Repetent at Tubingen seminary and was due to a dissertation on Luther's position to the Turkish War (152 pages, published in 1940) to Dr. theol. PhD.

From 1940 to 1945 Lamparter was used as a paramedic in World War II . From 1945 he was parish priest in Mittelstadt near Reutlingen for ten years .

On April 18, 1950 he married Lore Lamparter, b. Maußhardt († 1992). The two sons Jörg Lamparter and Ulrich Lamparter emerged from this marriage.

Lamparter Helmut photo around 1960

From 1955 he worked as a lecturer at the Pedagogical Institute Stuttgart, later the Pedagogical University Ludwigsburg , and was appointed professor in 1962. He held this position until his retirement in 1977. From 1960 to 1971 he was chairman of the Jungmannwerk in Stuttgart . From 1977 he retired in Tübingen. He was best known through numerous publications: He wrote numerous interpretations of the Bible and the poetic translation of all psalms . His commentaries on the Psalms, the Book of Job and Jeremiah are also known . His poetic translation of all psalms was set to music by Wolfgang Grau.

Works

  • Luther's position on the Turkish war , Munich 1940
  • The call to obedience. The fifth book of Moses , Stuttgart 1977
  • The Book of Contestation. Hiob , Stuttgart 1951 (6th edition 1988)
  • The Book of Psalms I , Stuttgart 1957 (4th edition 1988)
  • The Book of Psalms II , Stuttgart 1959 (2nd edition 1965)
  • In the morning there is jubilation , 12 psalms, Metzingen 1967
  • Appointed to the guard. The Prophet Ezekiel , Stuttgart 1968
  • Prophet against his will. Jeremia , Stuttgart 1964
  • The Apocrypha I , Stuttgart 1972
  • The Apocrypha II , Stuttgart 1972
  • The four evangelists. Your individuality and your legacy , Stuttgart (3rd edition 1985)
  • The hope of Christians. The end of the world and the second coming of Christ , Moers 1992
  • Test the spirits. Philosophers and thinkers from Kant to Bloch , ed. Ulrich Swarat, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2008
  • I want to wake up the dawn. Psalm poetry (Psalm 1–41) , hymnically set to music by Wolfgang Grau, Munich 2012

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helmut Lamparter: Luther's position on the Turkish war . Munich: Evangelischer Verlag Albert Lempp 1940 (research on the history and teaching of Protestantism; 9 / IV)
  2. ↑ See in detail Reiner Andreas Neuschäfer, Art. "Lamparter, Helmut", in: Evangelisches Lexikon für Theologie und Gemeinde² (Vol. 2) and Reiner Andreas Neuschäfer, "Helmut Lamparter", in: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon, Vol. XXXVI (2015 ), Pp. 769-776 or at www.bbkl.de.
  3. ↑ portal.dnb.de Information in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data
SURNAME Lamparter, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Reutlingen
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1991
Place of death Tübingen