Otto Friedrich August Meinardus

Otto Friedrich August Meinardus (born September 29, 1925 in Hamburg ; † September 18, 2005 there ) was a German theologian , coptologist and archaeologist .

Life

Otto Meinardus attended the learned school of the Johanneum in Hamburg , where he passed his school leaving examination in 1945 . From 1945 to 1947 he studied theology at the Church University of Hamburg and at the Philosophical Faculty in Hamburg, from 1947 to 1949 at Richmond College in Surrey ( England ) and then in Boston , where he received his doctorate in 1955. He was 1952-1956 pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Peabody ( Massachusetts ).

From 1956 to 1968 Otto Meinardus stayed in Cairo , where he studied Eastern Church art and early Christian archeology . Since 1957 he was a member of the Société d 'Archeology , in 1959 he was appointed a fellow by the Institute of Coptic Studies . From 1957 to 1968 he was also a pastor at the Maadi Community Church in Cairo. In 1964 he became a member of the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo, and he was also a professor of theology at the American University .

From 1968 to 1975 he lived in Athens , where, in addition to teaching at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, he was also a pastor at the St. Andrew American Church.

After his return to Germany in 1975 he was pastor at the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland in Koblenz and Stolberg . He later returned to Hamburg.

Publications

• Christian Egypt: ancient and modern , American University in Cairo Press, Kairo, 1965, 1977 (2nd edition), ISBN 978-977-201-496-5 (2nd edition)
• Christian Egypt: faith and life , American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, 1970
• In the footsteps of the Holy Family from Bethlehem to Upper Egypt , A. Reuffel Verlag, 1978, ISBN 3-9800158-1-5
• The Journeys of the Apostle Paul , Lutherische Verlagsges., 1988, ISBN 3-87503-053-2
• Patriarchs under Nasser and Sadat , German Orient Institute, 1998, ISBN 3-89173-048-9
• The Holy Land. In the footsteps of Mary of Nazareth , Knecht Verlag, Frankfurt, 2002, ISBN 3-7820-0806-5
• The travels of the apostle Paul. Completed in the 20th century , Verlag Friedrich Pustet, 1982, ISBN 3-7917-0682-9
• The Desert Fathers of the 20th Century: Conversations and Experiences. , Echter Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-429-04086-8
• John of Patmos and the Seven Churches of Revelation , Der Christliche Osten Verlag, 1994, ISBN 3-927894-17-6
• Holy Week in Jerusalem: A Guide's Diary , Der Christliche Osten Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-927894-01-X
• On Jesus' ways in the Holy Land: Galilean Diary , Der Christliche Osten Verlag, 1990, ISBN 3-927894-06-0
• Let's go to Bethlehem , Der Christliche Osten Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-927894-21-4

In addition to his books, he regularly published reports and articles in various international journals.

literature

• Christian Weise:  Otto Friedrich August Meinardus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 30, Bautz, Nordhausen 2009, ISBN 978-3-88309-478-6 , Sp. 980-1003.

Web links

• Literature by and about Otto Friedrich August Meinardus in the catalog of the German National Library