Johannes Schneider (theologian, 1895)

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Johannes Ferdinand Schneider (born September 23, 1895 in Stadtoldendorf ; † May 22, 1970 in Berlin ) was a Baptist theologian. He is considered to be the first Baptist to have taught Protestant theology at a German university .

Life

Johannes Schneider was the eldest son of the Baptist preacher Ferdinand Johann Schneider (1862-1940) and his wife Anna Maria, née Funke (1872-1945). The father's job brought a series of changes of residence for the family of eight: Stadtoldendorf, Luckenwalde , Neuruppin , Landsberg an der Warthe , where he passed his school leaving examination at Easter 1914, and finally Treuenbrietzen , his parents' retirement home. When the First World War broke out, Schneider volunteered for the medical service . In October 1914 he was drafted, but released almost a year later due to a heart disease. In 1915 he enrolled at the Philosophical Faculty of the Berlin Friedrich Wilhelms University , but already in the winter semester 1915/16 he attended theological lectures with the New Testament scholar Adolf Deißmann (1866-1937). This was followed by three semesters at the University of Halle . He then returned to Berlin and studied philosophy and history as well as law and theology. In September 1919 he moved to the University of Göttingen , where he continued his history studies and at the same time also attended lectures in political science . In the latter area in 1923 was carried out his doctorate to Dr. rer. pole. The title of his dissertation was: The Sociopolitical Views of Friedrich Naumann .

In 1923 Schneider moved back to the University of Berlin, this time to the theological faculty. In 1926 he wrote - at the suggestion of Adolf Deißmann - a thesis on the subject of The Passion Mysticism of Paul , with which he received his doctorate in 1927 as a licentiate in theology (later converted to Dr. theol. ). From 1926 to 1927 worked for the Kassel Oncken-Verlag as editor of the Baptist Sunday newspaper Der Truthszeuger . At the same time he took care of a new edition of the messenger of help , a handout for free church clergy whose appearance had been stopped during the world war. Schneider remained connected to both magazines throughout his life and provided them with numerous articles that were easy to understand.

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After his habilitation in 1930, he became a private lecturer at the University of Berlin. In 1935 he became associate professor of the New Testament at the University of Berlin. From 1937 to 1939 he taught as a full professor in Breslau . 1939/1940 he was visiting professor in the USA. In 1941 he became an associate professor of theology in Berlin. In 1950 he became a full professor for the New Testament at Humboldt University . In 1945/1946 he was (provisional) and from 1954 to 1956 dean of the theological faculty.

Publications (selection)

A detailed bibliography by Johannes Schneider is available in the Theologische Literaturzeitung in its 90/1965 edition (columns 795–798). Schneider's written estate is in the Oncken archive of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches ; it contains a collection of over 500 sermon concepts.

The following selection of Johannes Schneider's publications is sorted chronologically downwards.

  • The Gospel according to Johannes (posthumously printed manuscript; edited by Erich Fascher , edited by Peter-Paul Sänger). Special volume in the Theological Hand Commentary series on the New Testament . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt: Berlin 1984 (4th edition). ISBN 3-374-00361-3 (with a short biography of Schneider in the appendix, written by Günter Balders ).
  • Immersio . In: The Churches of the World . Volume 2. Stuttgart 1964. pp. 39-44.
  • Baptism and Church in the New Testament . Kassel 1956
  • The church according to the New Testament . Kassel 1955. OCLC 1072737839
  • Church and world in the New Testament . Kassel 1955.
  • Baptism in the New Testament . Stuttgart 1952.
  • The meaning of the Sermon on the Mount. From the basic order of Christian life . Berlin 1939. OCLC 833381572
  • The unity of the church in the New Testament . Berlin 1936.
  • DOXA - A study of the history of meaning . In: New Testament Research . Volume III, 3. Gütersloh 1932
  • Friedrich Naumann's social world of thought . Berlin 1929. OCLC 1014055680 (Johannes Schneider's dissertation in a revised version)
  • Paul's Passion Mysticism . Their essence, their background and their aftermath . Leipzig 1929. OCLC 1100164490 .

Web links

literature

  • Nicola Bourdon: Courage for Truth: Johannes Schneider 1895 - 1970 . In: The community magazine . Believe. Together. Gestalten (Ed. Bund Evangelisch-Freikirchlicher Congregations in Germany ) Oncken-Verlag Kassel. Issue 15/2020 (July 26, 2020). P. 32
  • Bernd Wittchow: Johannes Schneider A Baptist exegete and teacher. His life and his understanding of the community . In: Journal for Theology and Congregation . Oncken-Verlag Kassel. Issue 3/1998. ISSN 1430-7820. Pp. 83-101 ( PDF online ).
  • Günter Balders : Johannes Schneider . In: Johannes Schneider, Das Evangelium nach Johannes (posthumously printed manuscript; edited by Erich Fascher, edited by Peter-Paul Sänger). Special volume in the Theological Hand Commentary series on the New Testament . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt: Berlin 1984 (4th edition). ISBN 3-374-00361-3 . Pp. 341-343.
  • Franz Dreßler: Professor Johannes Schneider. The way of a staunch Christian . In: The community magazine . Oncken-Verlag Kassel. Issue 29/1970. P. 15.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nicola Bourdon: Courage to Truth: Johannes Schneider 1895 - 1970 . In: The community magazine . Believe. Together. Gestalten (Ed. Bund Evangelisch-Freikirchlicher Congregations in Germany ) Oncken-Verlag Kassel. Issue 15/2020 (July 26, 2020). P. 32
  2. ↑ Nicola Bourdon: Courage to Truth: Johannes Schneider 1895 - 1970 . In: The community magazine . Believe. Together. Gestalten (Ed. Bund Evangelisch-Freikirchlicher Congregations in Germany ) Oncken-Verlag Kassel. Issue 15/2020 (July 26, 2020). P. 32
  3. ↑ Bernd Wittchow: Johannes Schneider A Baptist exegete and teacher. His life and his understanding of the community . In: Journal for Theology and Congregation . Oncken-Verlag Kassel. Issue 3/1998. ISSN 1430-7820. P. 83f
  4. ↑ The dissertation was published in a revised form in 1929 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Friedrich Naumann's death under the title Friedrich Naumann's social world of thought .
  5. ^ Historisches Lexikon BEFG / Roland Fleischer: Johannes Schneider (July 22, 2020) ; accessed on July 25, 2020
  6. ↑ Bernd Wittchow: Johannes Schneider A Baptist exegete and teacher. His life and his understanding of the community . In: Journal for Theology and Congregation . Oncken-Verlag Kassel. Issue 3/1998. ISSN 1430-7820. P. 84; Note 12
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schneider, Johannes Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Baptist theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Stadtoldendorf
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1970
Place of death Berlin