Rudolf Ehlers

Rudolf Ehlers (March 30, 1834 – August 7, 1908) was a German theologian and clergyman born in Hamburg.

He received his education at the Universities of Heidelberg, Berlin and Göttingen. At Heidelberg, he was a student of Richard Rothe (1799-1867). After completion of studies he served as a pastor in Stolberg, and in 1864 relocated to the Protestant Reformed Church at Frankfurt am Main. In 1868 he was appointed Konsistorialrat.

In 1879 he became co-editor of the journal "Zeitschrift fur praktische Theologie", and in 1884 was co-founder and vice-president of the Allgemeinen evangelisch-protestantischen Missionsvereins, today known as Deutschen Ostasienmission (German East Asia Mission). In 1889 he was awarded with an honorary doctorate from the University of Jena.

Selected publications

• Evangelische Predigten (Evangelical sermons), 1873.
• Das alte Gesetz und die neue Zeit (The old law and the new life), 1877.
• Bilder aus dem Leben des Apostels Paulus (Pictures from the life of the Apostle Paul), 1886.
• Richard Rothe, 1906.

References

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (1975). "Ehlers, Rudolph". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 1. Hamm: Bautz. col. 1470. ISBN 3-88309-013-1. English translation
• The Encyclopedia Americana (biography)