Lange Bibles

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Theological-homiletic Bible work, Genesis volume 1864, title page

The Lange-Bibelwerk , actually theological-homiletic biblical work , is a series of biblical commentaries edited by Johann Peter Lange , which appeared within two decades from 1857 to 1877 by Velhagen & Klasing . "Lange, Bibelwerk" is printed on the spine of the individual volumes, which is how the colloquial term arose. The importance of the Bible work for the preparation of ministers for sermons was emphasized by the translation into American English.

concept

The aim of the book series becomes clear in the subtitle: "The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments with regard to the theological-homiletic needs of the pastoral office in connection with well-known evangelical theologians". Accordingly, the Bible commentaries were written for preaching practice. Using the example of the most recent volume, the Isaiah commentary by Carl Wilhelm Eduard Naegelsbach from 1877, the structure and conception of the content of the biblical work can be illustrated: The introductory chapter deals with the historical background, the person of the prophet and, above all, with the "Authenticity and Integrity of the Book". Against the historical-critical view of the existence of a Deutero-Isaiah , who as a later prophet wrote down chapters 40 to 66, which has been represented since the 18th century , Naegelsbach tries to argue that said chapters came from Isaiah himself. He does this by making the theological argument that there is “prophecy in the supernatural, wonderful sense” (p. XXII), and by understanding Isaiah more as a compiler of existing materials than as a writer (which explains differences in style ). The Lange Bibles wanted to take the wind out of the sails of modern biblical criticism . The interpretation of the individual biblical texts is divided into exegetical considerations, dogmatic and ethical basic ideas and homiletic allusions. The "Exegetical Explanations" are based on quotations from the original Hebrew text. The “basic dogmatic and ethical ideas” usually consist of a list of text excerpts from classical theological literature. In the case of the "Homiletic Indications", the author of the Bible Commentary has more to say for himself by giving general and church year-specific information for preaching practice.

Single volumes

Old testament:

  • 01: The Genesis. Theological-homiletic edited by Johann Peter Lange , 1877.
  • 02: The books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers. Theological-homiletically edited by Johann Peter Lange , 1874.
  • 03: Deuteronomy.
  • 04: Joshua, 1870.
  • 05: Richter and Ruth.
  • 06: The books of Samuel, 1873.
  • 07: The Books of Kings, 1868.
  • 08: The books of the chronicle. Theologically and homiletically edited by Otto Zöckler , 1874.
  • 09: The books of Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther. Theological-homiletic edited by Fr.W. Schultz, 1876.
  • 10: The Book of Job. Theologically and homiletically edited by Otto Zöckler , 1872.
  • 11: The Psalms.
  • 12: The Proverbs of Solomon. Theologically and homiletically edited by Otto Zöckler .
  • 13: The Song of Songs and the Preacher. Theologically and homiletically edited by Otto Zöckler , 1868.
  • 14: The Prophet Isaiah. Theologically and homiletically edited by Carl Wilhelm Eduard Naegelsbach , 1877.
  • 15: The Prophet Jeremiah / The Lamentations. Theologically and homiletically edited by Carl Wilhelm Eduard Naegelsbach, 1868.
  • 16: The Prophet Ezekiel. Theological-homiletically edited by Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolf Schroeder, 1873.

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  • 18: The prophets Hosea, Joel and Amos. Theologically and homiletically edited by Otto Schmoller , 1872.
  • 19: The prophets Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah.
  • 20: Haggai prophets, Zechariah, Malachi, 1876.

New Testament:

  • 01: The Gospel according to Matthew. Theological-homiletically edited by Johann Peter Lange , 1857.
  • 02: The Gospel according to Mark. Theological-homiletic edited by Johann Peter Lange, 1858.
  • 03: The Gospel according to Luke. Theological-homiletically edited by Johannes Jacobus van Oosterzee .
  • 04: The Gospel according to John.
  • 05: The Apostle's Stories. Theologically and homiletically edited by Gotthard Victor Lechler and Karl von Gerok , 1860.
  • 06: Pauli's letter to the Romans. Theological-homiletic edited by FR Fay.
  • 07: The Corinthians. Theological-homiletic edited by Christian Friedrich Kling, 1861.
  • 08: Pauli's letter to the Galatians. Theologically and homiletically edited by Otto Schmoller , 1862.
  • 09: The letters to the Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians. Theological-homiletically edited by Daniel Schenkel , 1862.
  • 10: Pauli's two letters to the Thessalonians. Theologically and homiletically edited by Karl August Auberlen and Christoph Johannes Riggenbach , 1864.
  • 11: The pastoral letters and the letter to Philemon. Theological-homiletically edited by Johannes Jacobus van Oosterzee , 1862.

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  • 13: The Epistle of James. Theological-homiletically edited by Johannes Jacobus van Oosterzee , 1862.
  • 14: The letters of Peter and the letter of Judah. Theologically and homiletically edited by GFC Fronmüller, 1859.
  • 15: The letters of the Apostle John. Theological-self-homiletic edited by Karl Braune, 1865.
  • 16: The Revelation of John. Theological-homiletically edited by Johann Peter Lange, 1871.

literature

  • Otto Zöckler :  Lange, Johann Peter . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 558-573. (deals in detail with the Bible work)
  • Art. Lange, Johann Peter, in: Realencyklopädie für Protestantische Theologie und Kirche 11, 1902, pp. 264–268.
  • Rotscheidt: Lange, Johann Peter, in: Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart 3rd volume, 2nd edition (1929), column 1483 f.
  • Siegfried Raeder: Art. Bible work, in: Theologische Realenzyklopädie Volume 6, 1980, pp. 311-316.
  • David C. Steinmetz: Art. Lange, Johann Peter, in: The New International Dictionary of the Christian Church. Revised Edition (1994), p. 578.

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