Traugott Holtz
Traugott Holtz (born July 9, 1931 in Brüz (now part of Passow (Mecklenburg) ); † July 3, 2007 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German Protestant theologian and university professor. He was prematurely suspended from duty because he was an unofficial employee of the MfS .
Life
Holtz was a son of the pastor and later theology professor Gottfried Holtz . After graduating from high school in Rostock, he studied Protestant theology at the university there from 1950 . In 1956 he came to the theological faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg as an assistant to Gerhard Delling , where he received his doctorate in 1960 (dissertation: The Christology of the Apocalypse of John ) and qualified as a professor in 1965 ( investigations into the Old Testament quotations in Luke ) . In 1964 he became a university lecturer in Berlin, and in 1965 he was appointed professor at the University of Greifswald . From 1971 to 1993 he taught as the successor to his teacher Delling New Testament at the theological faculty in Halle.
meaning
His generally understandable book Jesus from Nazareth (first edition Berlin 1979) was widely distributed . From 1971 to 2001, Traugott Holtz was co-editor of the Theological Literature Newspaper , for which he was responsible for the areas of New Testament, Biblical Studies and Jewish Studies. His comments on Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians and on the Revelation of John also became known .
Numerous individual contributions have appeared in two volumes of collected essays, the second of which was published posthumously and contains appreciations by Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr , Eckart Reinmuth and Ulrich Luz as well as a presentation of his New Testament life's work by Hermann von Lips .
Fonts (selection)
- Jesus from Nazareth , Berlin 1979 and Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-7668-3617-X .
- The first letter to the Thessalonians (= Evangelical-Catholic Commentary on the New Testament, Volume XIII). Neukirchen 1986, ISBN 978-3-7887-0752-1 .
- History and theology of early Christianity. Collected essays (= Scientific Studies on the New Testament , Volume 57). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1991, ISBN 3-16-145763-3 .
- The Revelation of John (= The New Testament German Vol. 11 - new edition). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-525-51387-3
- Exegetical and theological studies. Collected essays II , edited by Karl Wilhelm Niebuhr (= Works on the Bible and its History, Volume 34). Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2010, ISBN 978-3-374-02789-7 .
literature
- Hermann von Lips: On the life and work of Traugott Holtz. In: Exegetical and theological studies. Collected essays II , edited by Karl Wilhelm Niebuhr (= Works on the Bible and its History, Volume 34). Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2010, pp. 19–26.
Web links
- Literature by and about Traugott Holtz in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the chair on the website of the Theological Faculty of the University of Greifswald.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holtz, Traugott |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brüz (today part of Passow (Mecklenburg) ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 3, 2007 |
| Place of death | Halle (Saale) |