Reinhard Breymayer

Reinhard Breymayer (born January 4, 1944 in Urach ; † August 13, 2017 in Ofterdingen ) was a German philologist , pietism researcher and expert on the history of rhetoric .

origin

On his mother's side, Breymayer came from the old Pietist family of the Kullen in Hülben near Bad Urach .

Career

Breymayer grew up in Unterweissach and Hülben. He was a student at the Evangelical Theological Seminars in Maulbronn and Blaubeuren , state humanistic (ancient language) grammar schools with a regional church boarding school, and passed his Abitur there in 1963. He studied at the universities in Tübingen , Cologne , Bonn and Bochum . From 1964 to 1967 he was a scholarship holder of the Evangelical Monastery in Tübingen as the owner of a freelance position for philologists. In 1971 he obtained his Magister Artium degree in German , general linguistics and general rhetoric at the University of Bonn .

After completing his studies, he worked as a research assistant at the Universities of Bonn, Heidelberg and Stuttgart , the University of Education in Heidelberg and Schwäbisch Gmünd, and for the State Church Archives in Stuttgart and the Historical Commission for Research on Pietism in Berlin .

Since 1989 Breymayer lecturer for General Rhetoric at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and since 1996 Germany correspondent for the Foundation ADAMAS - Foundation idol Hübner for Intercultural Studies at the Greek-German and Polish-German example in Schorndorf .

From 1971 to 1976 he worked on the publication of the journal Linguistica Biblica (Bonn), and in 1972 he was co-editor of volumes 1 and 3 of the Forum Theologiae Linguisticae series. Interdisciplinary series for theology and linguistics . From 1982 to 2000 he was a member of the editorial committee of the magazine ARIES (Paris / Sorbonne ). Since 1992 he has been the editor of Suevica . Contributions to Swabian literary and intellectual history (Stuttgart) in the series of Stuttgart papers on German studies . The Suevica mainly take into account the Swabian Romanticism .

Breymayer was the author of over 200 publications, mainly on pietism, rhetoric and German philology. Volumes 1 and 3 of the historical-critical edition of the works of the theosophist Friedrich Christoph Oetinger , which he co-edited, should be mentioned . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1977 and 1999. He has published numerous articles in honor of renowned institutions and people, for example the Evangelical Monastery in Tübingen in 1986, the Sorbonne Professor Antoine Faivre in 2001 and Professor Hartmut Fröschle, who works in Toronto in 2005.

Breymayer asked for the first time the whereabouts of the private libraries of the pre-pietist Johannes Coccejus and leading pietists such as Philipp Jacob Spener , August Hermann Francke and Gottfried Arnold and was able to answer it in part on the basis of newly found auction catalogs for these private libraries.

Honors

• In 1989, at the suggestion of the President of the University of Tübingen, Breymayer was the first recipient of the Philipp-Matthäus-Hahn-Preis of the city of Kornwestheim .
• To him was in 2001 Fritz Thyssen - Fellowship of the Francke Foundations to Halle (Saale) awarded.

Fonts

• Vladimir Jakovlevič Propp (1895–1970) - Life, Work and Significance . In: Linguistica Biblica 15/16 (1972), page 36-77 (page 67-77 bibliography).
• Bibliography on the subject " (Martin) Luther and the rhetoric" . In: Linguistica Biblica. Interdisciplinary journal for theology and linguistics , ed. by Erhardt Güttgemanns, issue 21/22 (1973), pp. 39-42.
• Friedrich Christoph Oetinger : The school chart of the Princess Antonia . Edited by Reinhard Breymayer and Friedrich Häußermann. Walter de Gruyter , Berlin / New York 1977, ISBN 3-11-004130-8 .
• The author of a copy of Friedrich Schiller's “Taucher”, finally found : Christian Gottlieb Göz (1746–1803), pastor in Plieningen and Hohenheim , friend of Philipp Matthäus Hahn ? In: Leaves for Württemberg Church History , 83/84 (1983/1984). Stuttgart [1985], pp. 54-96; Page 83–96: Literature review.
• Auction catalogs of German Pietist libraries . In: Book catalogs as sources of book history in the early modern period . Edited by Reinhard Wittmann . (= Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel . Wolfenbütteler Schriften zur Geschichte des Buchwesens , Volume 10.) Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden (1985), pp. 113-208.
• The "Father of German Pietism" and his books: To the private library of Philipp Jakob Spener . In: Bibliothecae selectae da Cusano a Leopardi, a cura di Eugenio Canone . (= Lessico Intellettuale Europeo . Volume 58.) Olschki, Florenz 1993, pages 299-331.
• The rediscovered catalog for Gottfried Arnold's library . In: Dietrich Blaufuß, Friedrich Niewöhner (Ed.): Gottfried Arnold (1666–1714) . (= Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel. Wolfenbütteler Forschungen . Volume 61.) Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1995, pages 55-143.
• Friedrich Christoph Oetinger: Biblical and Emblematic Dictionary . Edited by Gerhard Schäfer in conjunction with Otto Betz , Reinhard Breymayer, Eberhard [Martin] Gutekunst, Ursula Hardmeier, Roland Pietsch, Guntram Spindler. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1999, ISBN 3-11-004903-1 .
• "The Bible of the Chinese". On the problem of 'westernized translation' in the Württemberg-Swabian Chinese studies up to Richard Wilhelm (1873–1930) . In: Rainer Reuter, Wolfgang Schenk (Ed.): Semiotica Biblica . A gift to Erhardt Güttgemanns . (= Publication series THEOS. Study series Theological Research Results . Volume 31.) Verlag Dr. Kovač, (Hamburg 1999), pages 181-217, ISBN 3-86064-936-1 .
• On the fate of August Hermann Francke's private library. About the found auction catalog of the private library of his son Gotthilf August Francke . 3. Edition. Heck, Tübingen 2002, ISBN 3-924249-42-3 .
• Pietism. In: Gert Ueding (Hrsg.): Historical dictionary of rhetoric . Volume 6. Niemeyer, Tübingen. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2003, column 1191–1214.
• An unknown Koran declaration in the library of Goethe's father: "Elias with the Alcoran Mahomeds ". About the rediscovered work of the radical pietist Johann Daniel Müller from Wissenbach (Nassau) . Heck, Tübingen 2004, ISBN 3-924249-43-1 .
• Oetinger, Friedrich Christoph . In: Wouter J [acobus] Hanegraaff (Ed.): Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism . Volume 2. Brill, Leiden / Boston 2005, pp. 889-894.
• (Ed.): In the mild and happy Swabia and in the New World . Contributions to the time of Goethe . (= Stuttgart works on German studies . Number 423.) Heinz, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-88099-428-5 .
• Prelate Oetinger's nephew Eberhard Christoph v. Oetinger, in Stuttgart Freemason and Superior of the Illuminati , in Wetzlar a judge at the Imperial Court of Justice - was his wife, Charlotte, nee, related to Goethe. v. Barckhaus, a role model for Werther's "Fräulein von B .."? . 2nd, improved edition. Heck , Tübingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-924249-49-6 .
• Between Princess Antonia of Württemberg and Kleist's Käthchen von Heilbronn . News on the magnetic and tension fields of Prelate Friedrich Christoph Oetinger . Heck, Dußlingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-924249-51-9 .
• Friedrich Christoph Steinhofer - a pietistic theologian between [Friedrich Christoph] Oetinger, Zinzendorf and Goethe . With the solution of a source-critical problem with Karl Barth . In: Reimund B. Sdzuj, Robert Seidel , Bernd Zegowitz (Hrsg.): Poetry - Gelehrsamkeit - Disputation culture . Festschrift for Hanspeter Marti on his 65th birthday . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar [Thuringia] 2012, ISBN 978-3-412-20876-9 , pages 196-230.
• Goethe, Oetinger and no end. Charlotte Edle von Oetinger, née von Barckhaus-Wiesenhütten, as Werther "Fräulein von B .." . Heck, Dußlingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-924249-54-0 .
• Friedrich Christoph Steinhofer . A pietistic theologian between Oetinger, Zinzendorf and Goethe. With the solution of a source-critical problem with Karl Barth and an excursus on the importance of virtue doctrine and Biblical summaries for the teaching table in Steinhofer's official town of Teinach . Heck, Dußlingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-924249-53-3 . [Substantially expanded version of the treatise on Steinhofer.]
• (Eds.): Johann Friedrich Jüdler, Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, Erhard Weigel : Real advantages for information. Johann Friedrich Jüdler's former schoolmaster in Stetten im Ramstal. [Remstal] Real advantages to inform beginners in German and Latin schools according to the intentions of the Realschule zu Berlin. Taken from the mouth and conversation of the special superintendent [Friedrich Christoph] Oetinger and handed over to the press <1758>. (Historical-critical edition and facsimile reprint of the Heilbronn edition [am Neckar]: Johann Friedrich Majer, 1758.) Heck, Dußlingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-924249-56-4 .
• The works of Friedrich Christoph Oetinger. Chronological-systematic bibliography 1707–2014 . (= Bibliography on the history of Pietism . Volume 3.) Edited by Martin Weyer-Menkhoff and Reinhard Breymayer. de Gruyter, Berlin / Munich / Boston 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-041461-5 .
• Astronomy, calendar quarrels and love theology. From Erhard Weigel and his student Detlev Clüver to Friedrich Christoph Oetinger and Philipp Matthäus Hahn to Friedrich Schiller, Johann Andreas Streicher, Franz Joseph Graf von Thun and Hohenstein, Mozart and Beethoven. In memory of the prominent Oetinger researcher Guntram Spindler (1940-2014) and the prominent Enlightenment researcher Reinhard Aulich (1947-2016). [Motto:] Brothers - a dear father must live above the stars. SCHILLER. Noûs-Verlag Thomas Leon Heck, Dußlingen 2016. - 239 pages - ISBN 978-3-924249-58-8 .

literature

• Georg H [einrich] Schlatter Binswanger: Breymayer, Reinhard . In: Konrad Feilchenfeldt (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon. The 20th century. Biographical-Bibliographical Handbook. Volume 4. Saur, Zurich / Munich 2003, page 223.
• Andreas Klimt (Editor): Kürschner's German Non-Fiction Calendar . Volume 2, Volume 1, 2003/2004 . Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, pages 95–96.

Web links

• Literature by and about Reinhard Breymayer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Philipp Matthäus Hahn Prize Winner Reinhard Breymayer
• Entry for Reinhard Breymayer in Clio-online. Specialist portal for the historical sciences

References and comments

1. ^ Obituary notice , Stuttgarter Zeitung , August 18, 2017
2. ↑ Wolfgang Urban: Carried by the world of thought of the Enlightenment . In: " Schwäbisches Tagblatt ", August 19, 2017.
3. ↑ Compare Reinhard Breymayer: On the Pragmatics of the Image. Semiotic observations on the debate Mk 12, 13-17 (“Der Zinsgroschen”) taking into account game theory . In: Linguistica Biblica. Interdisciplinary Journal for Theology and Linguistics 13/14 (1972), pages 19–51.
4. ↑ Compare Reinhard Breymayer, Domenico Ellena [editor]: Bibliography on "linguistic" theology . In: "Linguistic" Theology. Biblical texts, Christian preaching and theological theory of language , edited by Uwe Gerber and Erhardt Güttgemans. (= Forum Theologiae Linguisticae. Interdisciplinary series for theology and linguistics . In conjunction with Reinhard Breymayer and Domenico Ellena, edited by Erhardt Güttgemanns, Volume 3). Linguistica Biblica publishing house, Bonn 1972, pages 197–248.
5. ↑ Compare to a text that is fundamentally important for the spread of Pietism
   1. Reinhard Breymayer (Ed.): Luctuosa desideria. Recovered memorial writings on the pietistic student Martin Born (1666–1689) from Leipzig. With poems by Joachim Feller , August Hermann Francke and others , part 1. Luctuosa desideria and cousin and friend-related last duty . Text . Heck, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-924249-42-7 .
   On pages 24-25 you can find Feller's world-famous sonnet by Martin Born in the facsimile of the Fraktur text of the centuries-lost first edition, pages 12-13 in Roman roman inscription.
   2. Reinhard Breymayer / Red [action]: Feller, Joachim, also: Cholander, Franciscus Dermasius .
   In: [Walther] Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area . 2nd, completely revised edition. Edited by Wilhelm Kühlmann in conjunction with Achim Aurnhammer, Jürgen Egyptien [and others], volume 3. (Editing: Christine Henschel <Leitung> and Bruno Jahn.) Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York (2008), pages 404–405.
6. ↑ Compare Reinhard Breymayer: Oetinger, Friedrich Christoph, also: Halatophilus Irenaeus .
   In: [Walther] Killy Literature Lexicon. Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area . 2nd, completely revised edition. Edited by Wilhelm Kühlmann in conjunction with Achim Aurnhammer, Jürgen Egyptien [and others], Volume 8. (Editing: Christine Henschel <Leitung> and Bruno Jahn.) Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York (2010), pages 686–687.
7. ↑ Compare among others Reinhard Breymayer: "At first I believed the Bengelische [that is from Johann Albrecht Bengel] explanation completely ..." Philipp Matthäus Hahn's way to his rediscovered "attempt of a new explanation of the Revelation of Johannis" <1785>. In: Pietism and Modern Times. A yearbook on the history of modern Protestantism . On behalf of the Historical Commission for the Study of Pietism, ed. by Martin Brecht, Friedrich de Boor, Klaus Deppermann, Ulrich Gäbler, Hartmut Lehmann and Johannes [Christian] Wallmann, vol. 15 (1989). Focus: The community movement . Göttingen (1989), pp. 172-219.
8. ↑ First German appreciation of Propp's research on structural narrative research, especially for folktale research. - For further suggestions from empirical cultural studies, cf. Reinhard Breymayer: "Dees ischd a 'likeness dessa' of it ..." On the pietistic usage of language in a Swabian building hour of the 20th century . In: Irmtraut Sahmland / Hans-Jürgen Schrader (ed.): Medical and cultural-historical connexes of Pietism. Healing arts and ethics, arcane traditions, music, literature and language . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, (Göttingen / Bristol, CT [Connecticut, USA] 2016) (= Works on the History of Pietism , Volume 61), pages 373–398.
9. ↑ Compare Mary Garland: Taucher, Der . In: The Oxford Companion to German Literature . By Henry (Burnand Garland) and Mary Garland. Third edition. By Mary Garland. (Oxford, New York, Athens [and so on] 1997), page 820, column 2. Mary Garland adopts Breymayer's view that the most likely source of Schiller's ballad can be found in the children's book by Pastor Christian Gottlieb Göz .
10. ↑ On the pietistic effect on Schiller see also Reinhard Breymayer: Erhard Weigel's pupil Detlev Clüver and his influence on Friedrich Christoph Oetinger (1702–1782) […]. In: Katharina Habermann, Klaus-Dieter Herbst (ed.): Erhard Weigel (1625–1699) and his students […]. Universitätsverlag Göttingen, Göttingen 2016, pages 269–323, here pages 317–322: "Evidence of a connection between Franz Joseph Reichsgraf von Thun and Hohenstein , who was familiar with Mozart and Beethoven , the mechanic Philipp Gottfried Schaudt and the pastor Philipp Matthäus Hahn. Found a trace of Hahn's theology in Schiller's Ode to Joy ? " [Thesis: The verses "Brothers - above the stars / a dear father must live" reflect Hahn's theology of love.]
11. ↑ Extensive bibliographical notation: Reinhard Breymayer: Auction catalogs of German Pietist libraries . The two newly discovered auction catalogs for the private library of the pre-Pietist Johannes Coccejus, the most important Reformed theologian of the 17th century. With further auction catalogs or their traces, which are particularly important for the prehistory and history of Pietism, and the solution to a riddle of Hölderlin research: Scardanelli's [ ie Friedrich Hölderlin's ] dictionary [Jean Vigneron: Dictionarium Caesareum]. In: Book catalogs as sources of book history in the early modern period . Edited by Reinhard Wittmann. (= Wolfenbütteler Schriften zur Geschichte des Buchwesens , Volume 10.) Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden (1985), pages 113-208.
12. ↑ Compare also Reinhard Breymayer: An unknown opponent of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing . The former Frankfurt concert director Johann Daniel Müller from Wissenbach / Nassau (1716 to after 1785), alchemist in the vicinity of [Johann Wolfgang] Goethe, Kabbalist , separatist chiliast , friend of the Illuminati of Avignon ("Elias / Elias Artista") . In: Series of publications by the Association for Rhenish Church History . Volume 70. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne [Pulheim-Brauweiler] and Bonn 1982, pp. 109-145.
13. ↑ On the significance of the Masonic tradition for the intellectual history of Württemberg, compare Reinhard Breymayer: Freemasons at the gates of the Tübingen monastery: Masonic influence on Hölderlin ?. In: Tubingensia. Impulses for the city and university history. Festschrift for Wilfried Setzler on his 65th birthday. Edited by Sönke Lorenz and Volker [Karl] Schäfer in conjunction with the Institute for Historical Regional Studies and Historical Auxiliary Sciences at the University of Tübingen. Editor: Susanne Borgards. (Ostfildern :) Jan Thorbecke Verlag 2008. ( Tübingen building blocks for regional history . In the service of the Association of Friends and Supporters of the Institute for Historical Regional Studies and Historical Auxiliary Sciences at the University of Tübingen eV [registered association] edited by Sönke Lorenz, Volker [Karl] Schäfer and Wilfried Setzler, 10), pp. (355) -395.