Adolf Deisman ( German: Gustav Adolf Deißmann ; November 7, 1866 , Langenscheid - November 5, 1937 , Zossen ) - German Protestant theologian, ecumenist.
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| Place of Birth | Langenscheid , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany |
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| A place of death | Zossen , Brandenburg , Germany |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Bibliography
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
Biography
Came from a family of pastors. After graduating from high school in Wiesbaden, he studied Protestant theology at the universities of Tübingen and Berlin, as well as the Evangelical Church Theological Seminary in Herborn . Since 1892 he taught in Marburg ; in 1897 he was appointed professor of the New Testament at the University of Heidelberg ; in 1908 he began to teach the exegetics of the New Testament at the University of Berlin ; In 1930-1931, he served as rector of the university.
At the University of Heidelberg in 1904, he, together with A. Dietrich, created a seminar on ancient magic papyri, which attracted many talented students.
During the First World War, he was one of the spiritual leaders of Germany, thanks to the publication of 'Evangelische Wochenbriefe' (1914-1921).
A. Deysman actively participated in the ecumenical movement , met with one of its founders Nathan Soderblum ; participated in the first World Conference of Churches “Faith and Order” (1927); Since 1929, he has been a member of the World Christian Council of Life and Labor, the forerunner of the World Council of Churches . Twice he was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize .
One of the first A. Deisman turned to the study of Egyptian papyri , indicating their importance for understanding the translation of the Septuagint and the original texts of the New Testament.
He first rebelled against the separation of the biblical language from the secular language, showing with the help of papyri and inscriptions on numerous particular examples that the so-called "Christian" or "Jewish-Greek" words or imaginary semitisms were in fact ordinary words of a common language
- Sobolevsky S.I. Greek language of biblical texts Κοινή
Deysman rejected the Hebraic and dogmatic theory of the New Testament language; He showed that this is not a special language, but only the development of Koyne .
Bibliography
Of his works, the most significant are the following:
- "Bibelstudien", 1895;
- Neue Bibelstudien, 1897;
- “Die sprachliche Erforschung der griechischen Bibel”, 1898 (translation of N. N. Glubokovsky was published in “Christian Reading” - 1898. - No. 8. - P. 372-400);
- "Die Hellenisierung d. semit. Monotheismus ", 1903;
- "Die Septuaginta-Papyri und andere altchristliche Texte", 1905;
- "The philology of the Greek bible: its present and its future", 1908;
- "Licht vom Osten. Das Neue Testament und die neuentdeckten Texte der hellenistisch-römischen Welt ", 1908; (English translation: Light from the Ancient East the New Testament Illustrated by Recently Discovered Texts of the Graeco-Roman World. - London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910);
In addition, Deysman owns a number of valuable articles on Judeo-Christianity in theological journals.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 116056045 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
Literature
- Deisman, Gustav Adolf // Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron . - SPb. , 1908-1913.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz Adolf Deißmann // Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon . - Herzberg: Traugott Bautz, 1994 .-- Band I. - Sp. 1248-1249. (German)