Hans Lietzmann
Hans Lietzmann | |
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| Born | March 2, 1875 Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Died | June 25, 1942 (aged 67) Locarno, Switzerland |
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| Education | University of Jena University of Bonn |
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| Discipline | Church history, New Testament studies. |
| Institutions | University of Jena University of Berlin |
Hans Lietzmann (2 March 1875 – 25 June 1942) was a German Protestant theologian and church historian who was a native of Düsseldorf.
He initially studied in Jena, then continued his education in Bonn, where he was a student of Hermann Usener. In 1905 he was appointed professor of church history at the University of Jena, and in 1923 was a successor to Adolf von Harnack at the University of Berlin. During his career he obtained an honorary doctorate from the University of Athens, and in 1927 became a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. He died in Locarno, Switzerland on 25 June 1942.
Largely known for his work as a church historian and for his research of the New Testament, Lietzmann was also an authority in the fields of archaeology, classical philology and papyrology.
Selected publications
[edit]Lietzmann was the author of the four volume Geschichte der Alten Kirche (History of the Early Church) and Messe und Herrenmahl (Mass and Lord's Supper); both works later being translated and published in English. Other significant books by Lietzmann include:
- Das Muratorische Fragment und die Monarchianischen Prologe zu den Evangelien (The Muratorian fragment and the Monarchian Prologues to the Gospels) (Bonn 1902).
- Symbole der Alten Kirche (Symbols of the Early Church) ("Kleine Texte für Vorlesungen und Übungen" 17/18; 6th edition, Berlin 1968).
- Petrus und Paulus in Rom: Liturgische und archäologische Studien (Peter and Paul in Rome: Liturgical and Archaeological Studies), 2nd, revised edition (Bonn 1927).
- An die Korinther I/II (First and Second Corinthians), 5th, expanded edition ("Handbuch zum Neuen Testament 9"; Tübingen 1949).
References
[edit]- "This article is based on translations of equivalent articles at the German and Italian Wikipedia".
- Hans-Udo Rosenbaum (1993). "Lietzmann, Hans". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 5. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 46–54. ISBN 3-88309-043-3. English translation
