Horst Beintker

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Horst Johannes Eduard Beintker (born January 7, 1918 in Berlin ; † 2012 in Herning , Denmark ) was a German Protestant theologian and university professor.

Life

Horst Beintker's parents were Paul Beintker and his wife Gertrud, née Engelke. He attended the Humboldt-Gymnasium in Berlin and graduated from the Fontane- Aufbauschule in Neuruppin . In 1937 he worked for the Reich Labor Service in the Großkühnau camp. This was followed by military service in the Anhalt 33rd Infantry Regiment, with which he fought in World War II and was seriously wounded. In 1944 he was in general staff training and was most recently a captain .

After a brief captivity at the end of the war, he studied theology at the University of Greifswald and at the Church University of Berlin from autumn 1945 . From 1949/1950 until the winter semester 1951/1952 he was inspector of the Theological Study House in Greifswald. He also worked as a Hebrew teacher. He received his doctorate in Greifswald in 1951. The topic of the dissertation was Overcoming the Temptation of Luther in the Light of the Operation in Psalmos 1519–1521 . His doctoral supervisor was Rudolf Hermann , whose collected works he published from 1967.

In 1955 , Horst Beintker completed his habilitation in Greifswald. From 1954 Beintker was a lecturer in the history of theology and in 1957 he became a lecturer in systematic theology in Greifswald. In 1960 he also received a teaching position in Rostock . From 1961 until his retirement in 1983 he was Professor of Systematic Theology in Jena . In the last few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall , he managed to get permission to leave the GDR for Denmark in order to marry his second wife, Thérèse. From 1990 he lived permanently in Denmark. In Flensburg he still accepted teaching assignments in major theology until 1995.

From his first marriage, Beintker had a daughter and four sons, including the theology professor Michael Beintker .

Fonts (selection)

  • Overcoming the challenge with Luther in the light of the operation in Psalmos 1519–21 , dissertation University of Greifswald 1951.
  • Christianity and the law with Adolf Schlatter. With special consideration of canon law . Habilitation thesis Berlin 1957.
  • New material on Luther's relationship to medieval Augustinism . In: Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte 68 (1957) pp. 144–148.
  • The evangelical doctrine of the holy scriptures and of tradition . Lueneburg 1961.
  • Dispute. III. Reformation and modern times . In: Theologische Realenzyklopädie Part 2, 1978, pp. 695-704.
  • Cremer, Hermann. In: Theological Real Encyclopedia . 8, pp. 230-236 (1981).
  • Verbum Domini Manet in Aeternum. A sketch for understanding scripture during the Reformation . In: Theologische Literaturzeitung 107 (1982), pp. 161-176.
  • Luther's experience and view of God. In: Helmar Junghans (ed.): Life and work of Martin Luther from 1526 to 1546. Commemoration for his 500th birthday. Volume 1. Berlin 1985 2 , DNB 860234541 , pp. 39-62 (identical pages to the 1st edition).
  • Effects of the message of the cross with Martin Luther and Thomas Müntzer. In: Scientific journal of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena 38 (1989), pp. 453–472.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Heinemann: University officers and reconstruction of the university system , 2009, p. 525.
  2. ↑ Den glemte lutheraner på den danske hede. In: Kristeligt Dagblad , May 19, 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Beintker, Horst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beintker, Horst Johannes Eduard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 2012
Place of death Herning , Denmark