Bernhard Duhm

Bernhard Duhm ( born October 10, 1847 in Bingum and today Leer ( Ostfriesland), † November 1, 1928 in Basel ) was a German Protestant theologian ( Old Testament ).

Life

Duhm was the son of a brewer and studied from 1867 to 1870 in Göttingen Theology at Albrecht Ritschl, Heinrich Ewald and Julius Wellhausen. He was there since 1871 Repetent at the Theological pen and taught since 1873 at the Faculty of Theology, first as a lecturer, from 1877 as ao Professor of Old Testament. From 1888 he taught in Basel as one of the most important and influential Old Testament scholars of his time. Duhm was a representative of the so-called History of Religions school. Groundbreaking Even today, his contributions to research prophets who are trying to gain from the characteristics of each prophet a development history of Israelite religion.

Epoch-making were his separation of the so-called Servant Songs Isaiah 42:1-4 (7).; 49.1 to 6; 50.4 to 9; 52.13 to 53.12 as an independent literary complex within the second part of the book of Isaiah (chapters 40 to 55, so-called Deutero-Isaiah ), and in 1892 his attribution of Chapters 56 to 66 of the book of Isaiah to a separate anonymous prophet in frühnachexilicher, the Persian period (so-called. Third Isaiah ). Research History was also important Duhm's reference to the literary strata in the book of Jeremiah.

Duhm was married to Helene Bunjes and had three sons, Hans (1878-1946), Dietrich (1880-1940) and Andreas (1883-1975), who were all Swiss champion in chess.

Bernhard Duhm died in a car accident.

Appreciation

In Leer ( Ostfriesland), the district Bingum, reminds one Bernhard Duhm Road to the son of the city.

Important publications

• The theology of the prophets as a foundation for inner development history of Israelite religion, Bonn 1875
• The Psalms says Mohr, Freiburg im Breisgau 1899
• Jeremiah explains, Mohr, Tübingen and Leipzig 1901
• Translated and explained the Book of Isaiah, 2nd ed improved Göttingen 1902
• The Book of Isaiah translated and explained (1892 ): HK III / 1, 5th ed ISBN 3-5255-1656-8 Göttingen 1968.
• Israel's prophets. 2 verb. Edition, Tübingen 1922