Johannes Behm

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Johannes Martin Behm (born June 6, 1883 in Doberan ; † October 13, 1948 in Berlin ) was a German Lutheran theologian and university professor.

Life

Behm, a son of the later regional bishop of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Heinrich Behm , studied from 1901 at the universities of Erlangen and Rostock and passed his first theological exam in 1905. During his studies he became a member of the C. St. V. Uttenruthia Erlangen in 1901 . Since 1908 Repetent of New Testament exegesis at the University of Erlangen, he was 1911 there for the licentiate doctorate and taught since 1912 as a lecturer of New Testament theology. After a short interlude in Breslau and service as a soldier in World War I , Behm became an associate in 1916 . Professor at the University of Königsberg , where he was promoted to full professor in 1920. In 1923 he moved to the University of Göttingen , where he was rector in 1930/31 .

After the handover of power to the National Socialists , he signed the professors' declaration of Adolf Hitler at the German universities and colleges in November 1933. In 1935, not least because of his membership of the German Christians , he became Adolf Deißmann's successor to the professorship for the New Testament and older church and dogma history at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin . Member of the NSDAP since 1937 , he was dismissed by the military government after the war ended in 1945.

Fonts (selection)

  • The laying on of hands in early Christianity according to use, origin and meaning in the context of religious history . Deichert, Leipzig 1911 (reprinted in Darmstadt 1968).
  • Pneumatic exegesis? A word on the method of scriptural interpretation. Railway, Schwerin 1926
  • The Mandaean religion and Christianity . Deichert, Leipzig 1927.
  • Old Testament and German Christianity . H. Beyer, Langensalza 1927.
  • History and mystery of the New Testament . Foundation publishing house, Potsdam 1939.
As a processor
  • with Julius Sieden : In the service of the Lord. Sheets from the work of Heinrich Behm, regional bishop in Mecklenburg-Schwerin. With a picture of the author . Railway, Schwerin 1930.
  • Paul Feine : Introduction to the New Testament . 8th edition, revised by Johannes Behm. Quelle and Meyer, Leipzig 1936 (and other editions).
  • The Revelation of John (= The New Testament, German; Volume 11). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1937 (and other editions).

literature

  • Doehring: In memoriam Johannes Behm . In: Theologische Literaturzeitung 74 (1949) pp. 168–171.
  • Renate Wittern (ed.): The professors and lecturers of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen 1743–1960, part 1: Theological faculty. Law Faculty . Erlangen 1993, p. 8f ( PDF file ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the entry of Johannes Behm's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ^ Hermann Goebel (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. 8th edition, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 51 No. 162.
  3. ^ Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 36.
  4. ↑ Hartmut Ludwig: The Berlin Theological Faculty 1933-1945 . In: Rüdiger vom Bruch , Christoph Jahr, Rebecca Schaarschmidt (eds.): The Berlin University in the Nazi era. Volume II: Departments and Faculties . Franz Steiner Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-515-08658-7 , p. 107.
personal data
SURNAME Behm, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Behm, Johannes Martin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Doberan
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1948
Place of death Berlin