Otto Alfred Piper
Otto Alfred Piper (born November 29, 1891 in Lichte ; † February 12, 1982 in Princeton (New Jersey) ) was a German-American Protestant theologian , New Testament scholar and university professor.
Life
He studied Protestant theology in Jena , Marburg and Paris . In 1914 he passed the first and, after voluntary military service, the second theological exam in 1918. In 1920, he was with a study on Schleiermacher's speeches at Carl rod in Göttingen for licentiate doctorate and Systematic Theology habilitation . In 1929 he got a position here as ao. Professor, in 1930 he took over Karl Barth's chair for systematic theology in Münster . Due to the law to restore the civil service , he - an active member of the USPD since 1919 and the SPD since 1922 - was dismissed in September 1933. He emigrated to the USA via England and taught as a visiting professor at Princeton. After acquiring US citizenship , he was appointed to the chair for New Testament literary history and exegesis here in 1941, which he held until 1962.
Fonts (selection)
- Salvation as experience . Tuebingen 1932, OCLC 894423889 .
- Truth and the truth of the church . Tuebingen 1933, OCLC 463097152 .
- Church and Politics . Calw 1933, OCLC 230732800 .
- The genders. Its meaning and its mystery from a biblical point of view . Hamburg 1954, OCLC 718418821 .
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| SURNAME | Piper, Otto Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Piper, Otto A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American Protestant theologian, New Testament scholar and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Light |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1982 |
| Place of death | Princeton, New Jersey |