Theology

Konrad Hammann

Hermann Gunkel – Eine Biographie

[Hermann Gunkel. A Biography.]

2014. XII, 439 pages.
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In the generation after Julius Wellhausen, Hermann Gunkel was one of the most important exponents of Protestant biblical studies. Drawing on previously unexplored archive material, Konrad Hammann shows the extent to which Gunkel's life and work were part of his time and the research discourses of his profession.
In the generation after Julius Wellhausen, Hermann Gunkel was one of the most important exponents of Protestant biblical studies. As one of the co-founders and main advocates of the history of religions school, he established approaches to the Old as well as the New Testament which were highly innovative from a methodological perspective. Ultimately he set a milestone in research history with each of his major publications. It is no coincidence that his commentary on Genesis and his diverse interpretations of the Psalms became classics of Protestant biblical exegesis in the 20th century. His name is inextricably linked to the examination of biblical texts from the perspective of form criticism. Drawing on previously unexplored archive material, Konrad Hammann shows the extent to which Gunkel's life and work were part of his time and the research discourses of his profession.
Authors/Editors

Konrad Hammann (1955–2020) Studium der Ev. Theologie in Marburg, Tübingen, München und Göttingen; 1980–81 wiss. Assistent in München; 1981–83 Vikariat in Verden/A.; 1984–91 Pfarrer in Schwalmbach-Trutzhain; 1988 Promotion; 1991–2003 Pfarrer in Göttingen; 1998 Habilitation; von 2003 bis zu seinem Tod Professor für Systematische sowie Historische Theologie und ihre Didaktik in Münster.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Theologische Literaturzeitung — 140 (2015), S. 1362–1364 (Rudolf Smend)
In: Zeitschr.f . Neuere Theologiegesch. — 22 (2015), S. 131–139 (Paul E. Capetz)
In: Etudes Théologiques et Réligieuses — 90 (2015), S. 107–116 (Jean-Marc Tétaz)
In: Das Historisch-Politische Buch — 63 (2015), S. 481 (Michael Pietsch)
In: Informationsmittel f. Bibliotheken — http://ifb.bsz-bw.de/bsz401438732rez-1.pdf?id=6535 (05/2014) (Till Kinzel)
In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung — 21. Juni 2014 (Bernhard Lang)
In: Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen — 269 (2017), S. 1–16 (Otto Merk)
In: Zeitschrift für Religions- ung Geistesgeschichte (ZRGG) — 67 (2015), S. 199–200 (Friedrich W. Horn)
In: Fachbuchkritik.de — http://www.fachbuchkritik.de/html/hermann_gunkel_-_eine_biograph.html (03/2014)
In: Zwinglius Redivivus — https://ia801901.us.archive.org/33/items/hammann/hammann.pdf (06/2014) (Jim West)
In: Journal of Ecclesiastical History — 66 (2015), S. 218–221 (James Carleton Paget)
In: Jahrbuch d.Ges.f.nieders.KirchenG — 112 (2014), S. 180–181 (Christoph Auffarth)
In: Zeitschr.f . Neuere Theologiegesch. — 22 (2015), S. 140–146 (Friedrich Wilhelm Graf)
In: Concilium — 2014, Heft 2, S. 190–191
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