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August Klostermann

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August Heinrich Klostermann (16 May 1837, Steinhude, Schaumburg-Lippe – 11 February 1915, Kiel) was a German Lutheran theologian. He was the father of New Testament scholar Erich Klostermann (1870–1963).[1]

Biography

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He studied at Erlangen University and Berlin (1855–58). He was assistant pastor in Bückeburg (1859–64), and then tutor (German: repetent) and lecturer (German: privatdozent) at Göttingen (1864–68). In 1868, he became professor of Old Testament exegesis at Kiel.

Works

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  • Vindicae Lucanae (Göttingen, 1866).
  • Das Markus evangelium nach seinem Quellenwerthe für die evangelische geschichte (Göttingen, 1867) – The Gospel of Mark according to source values in regards to gospel history.
  • Untersuchungen zur alttestamentlichen Theologie (Gotha, 1868) – Studies of Old Testament theology.
  • Probleme im Aposteltext neu erörtert (1883) – Problems of the Apostle texts newly discussed.
  • Ueber deutsche Art bei Martin Luther (1884) – On German art by Martin Luther.
  • Die Bücher Samuelis und der Könige ausgelegt (Nördlingen, 1887) – The Books of Samuel and Kings interpreted.
  • Zur Theorie der biblischen Weissagung und zur Charakteristik des Hebräerbriefes (1889) – The theory of biblical "Weissangung" and the characteristic of the Letter to the Hebrews.
  • Deuterojesaia, hebräisch und deutsch (Munich, 1893) – Deutero-Isaiah, Hebrew and German.
  • Der Pentateuch (1893) – The Pentateuch.
  • Geschichte des Volkes Israel bis zur Restauration unter Esra und Nehemia, 1896 – History of Israel until the restoration under Ezra and Nehemiah.
  • Schulwesen in alten Israel (Leipzig, 1908) – Education in ancient Israel.[2]

References

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  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainRines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Klostermann, August Heinrich" . Encyclopedia Americana.
  • Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Klostermann, Heinrich August" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  1. ^ The New International Encyclop Dia, Volume 13 edited by Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams
  2. ^ HathiTrust Digital Library (published works)