Jan Heller

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Jan Heller (born April 22, 1925 in Plzeň , † January 15, 2008 in Prague ) was a Czech Protestant theologian of the Evangelical Church of the Bohemian Brethren and professor of the Old Testament and religious studies .

Life

After obtaining his university entrance qualification, Heller studied Protestant theology in Prague and Basel from 1945 to 1948 . Here he heard lectures from Karl Barth . From 1948 to 1951 he was vicar of the Church of the Bohemian Brethren in Hořovice . As early as 1950 he took over a lectureship at the Evangelical Theological Comenius Faculty and taught Hebrew and religious studies . During this time he submitted his dissertation on an Old Testament topic and was awarded a Dr. theol. PhD. In between he taught from 1966 to 1968 as a visiting professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin (GDR) and at the Church University in Berlin (West) . In 1977 he received a professorship for the Old Testament at the Comenius Faculty, which became part of Charles University after the Velvet Revolution .

After his retirement in 1992, he also gave lectures at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at Charles University.

Heller earned his credit for participating in a Czech ecumenical translation of the Bible . He was a member of the Christian Peace Conference and prepared the 1st All-Christian Peace Assembly in Prague in 1961, in which he participated.

Fonts

  • From writing to the word. The Old Testament between yesterday and today. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-374-00456-3 .
  • At the source of life. Essays on the Old Testament. In: Contributions to the study of the Old Testament and ancient Judaism. Volume 10. With a foreword by Werner H. Schmidt . Lang, Frankfurt am Main, Bern, New York, Paris 1988, ISBN 3-8204-9856-7 .
  • Vocabularium biblicum septem linguarum. 5th edition. Vyšehrad, Prague 2006.
  • The descending god. Attempt at an Old Testament Christology.

literature

  • Martin Prudký (editor): Festschrift for Jan Heller on his 70th birthday. Kampen and Prague 1995.
  • Home and homelessness in the Old Testament, Landgabe / Oikumenē: Festschrift for Jan Heller on his 70th birthday. Notes with bibliogr. J. Heller. ISE, Prague 1995, ISBN 80-85241-93-5 , pp. 294-302. Contributions partly in German, partly in English.

Remarks

  1. ↑ From the Czech original "Bůh sestupující", translated by Gisela Schneemann . Previously unpublished, online

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personal data
SURNAME Heller, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Plzeň
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 2008
Place of death Prague