Martin Wittenberg

Martin Wittenberg (born December 10, 1911 in Bochum ; † September 13, 2001 ) was a German pastor and theologian of the Evangelical Lutheran creed .

Life

After graduating from high school in Elberfeld in the school year 1929/30, he studied Protestant theology , German and history in Königsberg (Prussia) , Tübingen and Münster . In 1937 he became pastor in Berlin , 1938 in Munich , 1942 in Linden near Markt Erlbach , 1943 military service, 1946 provisional, from 1947 full-time employee at the pastoral college in Neuendettelsau .

Wittenberg later belonged to the founding board of the Augustana University in Neuendettelsau . From 1947 to 1973 he was professor of the Old Testament and liturgy there . His successor was Horst Dietrich Preuss .

From 1946 to 1950 Wittenberg led the working group for Lutheran mission to the Jews in Bavaria together with Friedrich Wilhelm Hopf , he was also chairman of the working group's theological working group and a member of the board of trustees of the Evangelical Lutheran Central Association for Mission under Israel . In Neuendettelsau he founded the Collegium Judaicum and was a member of the subcommittee "Church and Judaism" of the mission committee of the VELKD .

Wittenberg was a representative of denominational Lutheranism all his life and rejected the Leuenberg Agreement (1973) - in contrast to the teaching staff of the Augustana University . He was just as critical of the ordination of women . He was committed to the legacy of Werner Elert , Hermann Sasse and Paul Althaus . His engagement in the Evangelical Lutheran Prayer Society corresponded to this , which resulted in a close friendship with the former bishop of SELK Jobst Schöne and the pastor of the Brethren Church in Braunschweig, Jürgen Diestelmann .

Publications (selection)

• Questions of ministry in the light of Jeremiah's prophecy . In: Provincial Bishop D. Meiser on his 70th birthday as a greeting from the Augustana University and the Nuremberg Preachers' Seminar . Edited by Georg Merz , Munich 1951, pp. 34–43.
• Wilhelm Löhe and the Jews . Neuendettelsau: Freimund-Verl. 1954.
• Holy tradition. One lecture and four scriptures . Neuendettelsau 1958.
• Franz Delitzsch (1813-1890). Four essays about him and excerpts from his works (handout of the Gospel Ministry under Israel by the Evangelical Lutheran Church; Volume 7) . Burgsinn - Neuendettelsau 1963.
• Fragmenta. Theological chunks . Fürth: Flacius-Verlag 1981.
• The pilgrimage psalms . Fürth: Flacius-Verlag 1983.
• Waymarks in the old covenant. For the Holy Supper of Jesus Christ , Walkersbrunn 1983.
• Church fellowship and communion in the Lord's Supper, seen from a church history. Fürth: Flacius-Verlag ² 1986.

literature

• Martin A. Bartholomäus: Bibliography Professor Dr. Martin Wittenberg. In: Journal for Bavarian Church History. 68: 184-210 (1999).
• Gerhard Gronauer:  Wittenberg, Martin. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 36, Bautz, Nordhausen 2015, ISBN 978-3-88309-920-0 , Sp. 1530-1535.

Web links

• Literature by and about Martin Wittenberg in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The way of women in the (spiritual) leadership position of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany and its predecessor churches. Evangelical Church in Central Germany, accessed on May 29, 2020 .