Otto Bauernfeind
Otto Georg Heinrich Bauernfeind (born January 14, 1889 in Behrenhoff , † December 26, 1972 in Tübingen ) was a German Protestant theologian. He was best known for his writings on the Acts of the Apostles and on Josephus .
Life
Otto Bauernfeind studied Protestant theology at the universities of Tübingen , Marburg , Berlin and Greifswald . In 1914 he was a war volunteer. In 1915 he was at the University of Greifswald for licentiate Protestant theology doctorate and later ordained . From 1916 to 1920 he was active as a naval pastor . After his habilitation in 1922 he was a private lecturer in Greifswald. There he was from 1928 to 1931 associate professor of Protestant theology. In 1929 he took on a substitute professorship at the University of Kiel . In 1931 he became an associate professor at the University of Tübingen . Since he was hostile to National Socialism and was involved in the Confessing Church , his academic license to teach was revoked in 1939. From 1939 to 1947 he was a deputy hospital pastor in Württemberg . In 1945 it was restituted. From 1946 until his retirement in 1957 he was a full professor for the New Testament in Tübingen.
Publications
- Oath and Peace: Questions about the Application and Nature of the Oath. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1956 (Research on Church and Spiritual History; NF Vol. 2)
- Commentary and Studies on the Acts of the Apostles. With an introduction by Martin Hengel . Edited by Volker Metelmann. Tübingen: Mohr 1980 (Scientific studies on the New Testament; 22) ISBN 3-16-142882-X
literature
- Hannelore Braun, Gertraud Grünzinger: Personal Lexicon on German Protestantism 1919-1949. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006, ISBN 978-3-525-55761-7 , p. 29.
- Werner Buchholz (Ed.): Lexicon Greifswalder Hochschullehrer 1775 to 2006 , Vol. 3: 1907-1932, editor: Meinrad Welker, Verlag KH Bock, Bad Honnef 2004, ISBN 3-87066-931-4 , p. 13 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Bauernfeind in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Otto Bauernfeind in the state bibliography MV
- Denazification files Otto Bauernfeind as digital reproduction ( file 1 , file 2 and file 3 ) in the online offer of the Sigmaringen State Archives
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bauernfeind, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bauernfeind, Otto Georg Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Behrenhoff |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1972 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |