Hermann Schultz (theologian)

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Heinrich Hermann Schultz (born December 30, 1836 in Lüchow ; † May 15, 1903 in Göttingen ) was a Lutheran theologian , university professor and abbot of the Bursfelde monastery with Hann. Münden .

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After attending school in Celle , Hermann Schultz studied theology and philosophy at the Universities of Göttingen and Erlangen from 1853 to 1856 . During his studies in Erlangen in 1854 he became a member of the Bubenreuth fraternity . He passed the first theological exam in 1856.

From 1856 to 1858, Schultz worked as a private teacher in Hamburg . In 1858 he received his doctorate in theology and a year later he was a repetiteur at the theological monastery in Göttingen .

Schultz completed his habilitation and stayed in Göttingen as a private lecturer. As early as 1864 he received the full professorship for Old Testament theology at the University of Basel . From 1870 he was a member of the Basel church council.

In 1872 Schultz became a professor at the newly established University of Strasbourg , only to take over the professorship for biblical subjects and practical theology at the University of Heidelberg two years later .

From 1876 Hermann Schultz taught at the University of Göttingen , whose theological faculty had awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1865. Here he taught alongside Albrecht Ritschl and in close proximity to him systematic theology , as well as the exegetical subjects and practical theology.

In Göttingen Schultz was appointed university preacher, and in 1881 he was appointed abbot of the Bursfelde monastery in the Weser Uplands , succeeding Hermann Reuter . In this capacity he was one of the leading figures of the Hanover regional church .

Schultz died after a serious illness at the age of 67. He is considered an important representative of the Albrecht Ritschl school, whose funeral speech he gave in 1889. His successor in Göttingen was Walther Stein .

His children included the philosopher Julius Schultz (1862–1936) and the philologist Hermann Schultz (1881–1915).

Fonts

  • The requirements of the Christian doctrine of immortality. 1861.
  • Old Testament theology. The revealed religion at its pre-Christian stage of development. 1869.
  • The doctrine of the deity of Christ. 1881.
  • Sermons given in the University Church of Göttingen. 1882.
  • The doctrine of Holy Communion. Studies and Reviews. 1886.
  • Outline of Protestant dogmatics. 1890.
  • Evangelical theology in its relationship to science and piety. 1890.
  • The Old Testament and the Evangelical Church. (Booklets on the Christian World , No. 7). 1894.
  • Outline of Christian Apolegetics: For Use in Academic Lectures , 1902.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Höhne: The Bubenreuther. History of a German fraternity. II., Erlangen 1936, p. 183.
personal data
SURNAME Schultz, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schultz, Heinrich Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian, university professor and abbot
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Lüchow
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1903
Place of death Goettingen