Johann Adrian Bolten

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Johann Adrian Bolten, copper engraving by Johann Christian Gottfried Fritzsch (1786)

Johann Adrian Bolten (born September 11, 1742 in Süderstapel , † August 11, 1807 in Altona ) was a German Lutheran theologian , historian, writer and Bible translator.

Life

Bolten was the eldest son of the pastor of Süderstapel Matthias Hermann Bolten (1712–1772) and a grandson of the first Altona provost Johann Bolten (1678–1758). He attended the cathedral school in Schleswig and from Easter 1759 to Michaelis 1760 the Christianeum in Altona. In Copenhagen he studied theology and oriental languages. In 1763 he returned to Schleswig-Holstein and was examined by General Superintendent Adam Struensee , but despite an excellent assessment, he did not get a job, but returned to his parents' house and supported his father in official business. He received his first pastorate as a deacon in Wöhrden in 1772 . There he was mainly concerned with improving the school system and the poor. In 1782 he was appointed second preacher (compastor) to St. Trinity in Altona, where he worked until his death. At the same time he was inspector of the Altona school for the poor and orphans. His successor was Nikolaus Funk .

From 1775 he was married to Anna Katharina Block, the daughter of a Dithmarsch merchant. The couple had a son, Hermann Christian Bolten (* 1783).

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Starting with his inaugural sermon in Wöhrden, Bolten published various sermons and theological writings, whereby he also maintained a balancing position in theological disputes such as those over the church agendas of the general superintendent Adler . His main interest, however, was local research. As early as 1777 there was a description and news of the Stackholm landscape in the Duchy of Schleswig, along with a map of the same as the result of his clean-up work in the archives of the paternal parish. In the following years he wrote a four-volume Dithmarish history (4 parts, Flensburg and Leipzig, 1781–1788) as well as historical church news from the city of Altona and its various religious parties, from the rule of Pinneberg and from the county of Ranzau (2 volumes , Altona, 1790-1791). A draft of a Schleswig-Holstein book printer history appeared in the Miscellaneen by August Christian Niemann . As pastor of Altona, he worked for the Hamburg and Altona magazine .

Also significant is his annotated translation of the New Testament , which was preceded by a translation of the Sermon on the Mount as early as 1768 . With this, Bolten tried to recreate the Aramaic original language of the words of Jesus that he had adopted .

Bolten owned a well-known library. After his death in 1808, 4500 titles were auctioned according to the auction catalog. The Christianeum acquired its incunabula collection , which comprised 41 prints, at an auction .

literature

  • Enno Bünz: Bolten, Johann Adrian. In: Schleswig-Holstein Lexicon. Edited by Klaus-Joachim Lorenzen-Schmidt and Ortwin Pelc , Neumünster 2nd, expanded and improved edition 2006, p. 72.
  • Henning Ratjen :  Bolten, Johann Adrian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 113 f.
  • Reimer Witt: Johann Adrian Bolten. The life path of a Schleswig-Holstein theologian and historian . Foreword to the new edition of the JA Boltens four-volume Ditmarian story ; Leer 1979

Web links

Wikisource: Johann Adrian Bolten  - Sources and full texts
Commons : Johann Adrian Bolten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vol. 1, Hammerich, Altona, 1790, ( BSB digitized version , Bayerische Staatsbibliothek) and Vol. 2, 1791, ( BSB digitized version , Bayerische Staatsbibliothek).
  2. ^ August Christian Niemann: Miscellaneen , Volume 2, Item 1, pp. 163–188 and Item 2, pp. 224–250, Altona and Leipzig 1800
  3. ^ Hamburg and Altona. A magazine on the history of time, customs and taste. Hamburg (Nestler) 1801-1805
  4. ↑ This work comprised eight volumes, beginning with The Report of Matthew of Jesus the Messiah ; Altona (Kaven) 1792, until The New Testament Letters translated and accompanied with notes 3rd part: The letter to the Hebrews and the Catholic letters together with Johannes Revelation ; Altona (Kaven) 1805
  5. ^ Albert Schweitzer : History of the life of Jesus research ; (UTB, 1984) p. 281.
  6. ^ Witt: Johann Adrian Bolten. The life path of a Schleswig-Holstein theologian and historian ; P. XXIIf.
  7. ↑ Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen 14 (1897), p. 518; The incunabula collection of Johann Adrian Bolten , accessed on April 5, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Bolten, Johann Adrian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chronicler and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1742
PLACE OF BIRTH Süderstapel , Germany
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1807
Place of death Altona , Germany