Pierre Daniel Chantepie de la Saussaye

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Pierre Daniel Chantepie de la Saussaye

Pierre Daniel Chantepie de la Saussaye (born April 9, 1848 in Leeuwarden , † April 20, 1920 in Bilthoven ), son of the theologian Daniel Chantepie de la Saussaye , was a Dutch Protestant theologian and religious scholar who was primarily editor of the textbook on the history of religion (1. A. 1887, 2. A. 1897, 3. A. 1905, 4. Auf. 1925) emerged. He received his doctorate from the University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht in 1871 and is considered one of the founders of modern religious studies. From 1878 he was professor of religious history at the University of Amsterdam and from 1899 to 1916 at the University of Leiden .

Textbook of the history of religion

The textbook on the history of religion , which appeared under his name and was a standard work in the field for a long time, was last edited by Alfred Bertholet and Edvard Lehmann (4th A., 1925). PD Chantepie de la Saussaye published his textbook on the history of religion three times between 1887 and 1905; the fourth and final edition was not published until after Chantepie de la Saussaye's death in 1925. It has been completely revised and differs significantly from the previous three editions. The fourth edition contains contributions from important experts: Sten Konow (The Indians - Buddhism), Edvard Lehmann (The Persians - The Zoroastrian Religion), Bernhard Ankermann (The Religion of Primitive Peoples), Hans Ostenfeldt Lange (The Egyptians), Martin P. Nilsson ( The Greeks - Greek Religion), Ludwig Deubner (The Romans), Aleksander Brückner (Slavs and Lithuanians), Vilhelm Grönbech (The Teutons), JA Mac Culloch (The Celts), Otto Franke (Religion of the Chinese), Karl Florenz (The Japanese ), Friedrich Jeremias (Semitic peoples in the Middle East), Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (Islam).

Fonts

  • Chantepie de la Saussaye, Alfred Bertholet, Edvard Lehmann (ed.): Textbook of the history of religion. Mohr, Tübingen 1925. Volume 1: On the history of the history of religion; Phenomena and world of ideas of religion; The religions of the primitive peoples; The Chinese; The Japanese; The Egyptians; Semitic peoples in the Middle East; The islam. Volume 2: The Indians (literature, Buddhism); The Persians; The Greeks; The Romans; Slavs and Lithuanians; Germanic peoples; Celts .
  • Methodological bijdrage tot het onderzoek naar den oorsprong van den godsdienst. Van De Weijer, Utrecht 1871. (Academisch proefschrift ter Verkrijging van den graad van Doctor in de Godgeleerdheid aan de Utrechtsche Hogeschool , April 19, 1871)
  • Geschiedenis van den godsdienst der Teutons vóór hun transition tot het Christendom. De erven F. Bohn 1900.

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Name variants

Pierre Daniel Chantepie de LaSaussaye, Daniel Chantepie de LaSaussaye, Pierre Daniel Chantepie de LaSaussaye, Pierre Daniel Chantepie de la Saussaye, Pierre Daniel Chantepie de la Saussaye, PD S̆antepi de lja Sossej, (Russian form of name), PD Chaussepie de LaS

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SURNAME Chantepie de la Saussaye, Pierre Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch Protestant theologian and religious scholar
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Leeuwarden
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1920
Place of death Bilthoven