Friedrich Adolf Philippi

Friedrich Adolf Philippi (* October 15, 1809 in Berlin, † August 29, 1882 in Rostock ) was a Lutheran theologian of Jewish origin.

Philippi was the son of a wealthy Jewish banker and a friend of the Mendelssohn family. He received his education since 1822 on the Joachimsthal Gymnasium in Berlin and studied since 1827 in Berlin and Leipzig philology. In 1829 he settled in Leipzig baptized (conversion). After receiving his doctorate in 1830, Dr. phil. he became a teacher at a private school in Dresden, and in 1833 at the Joachimsthal Gymnasium in Berlin. There he devoted himself to the way the study of theology under the influence of Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg.

1836 put Philippi from the theological examinations and became a candidate of the sermon Office ( cand rev. Min. ). In 1837 he qualified as a lecturer at the Theological Faculty of the University of Berlin. He read through the New Testament

1840 Philippi was appointed professor of theology at the University of Tartu. He held lectures on the New Testament and Systematic Theology. In 1843 he received his doctorate from the University of Erlangen for the Doctor of Theology.

1851 Philippi was appointed professor of New Testament at the University of Rostock. There he joined the Lutheran-Orthodox on sense against his colleagues Michael Baumgarten and reached its impeachment. Since 1858, he led a scientific feud with Johann Christian Konrad von Hofmann, who was professor of theology in Erlangen. Philippi is considered Repristinator of orthodox Lutheranism and counted next Hengstenberg on the most effective representatives of repristinatorischen Neuluthertums.

Works

• " The doctrine of Thätigen obedience of Christ ", Berlin, 1841
• "Church doctrine ", Gütersloh, 1854-1879 (third edition, 1883-85 ), a standard work of orthodox Lutheranism
• "Lectures on symbolism ", 1883