Hermann, Freiherr von Soden

Hans Karl Hermann von Soden ( born August 16, 1852 in Cincinnati, † January 15, 1914 in Berlin ) was an Evangelical- Lutheran theologian.

Life

Hermann von Soden was descended from the noble family Soden. He studied at the University of Tübingen, where he was a member of the connection Normannia. At 29, he was appointed in 1881 as Pastor to Dresden. He was later transferred to St. Jacobi as archdeacon in Chemnitz.

From 1888, he served as first pastor of the Jerusalem church in Berlin. Two years later Soden taught as a lecturer for the New Testament at the University. In September 1893 he was appointed extraordinary professor there in 1913 and to full professor.

Elise King supported in the following years Soden financially extremely generous. Through this promotion, it was possible Soden together with Hans Lietzmann comprehensively present the New Testament with its history of development in all readings.

As a church Soden theorists developed the ideas of Emil jelly on and but also demanded a reform of the parochial structures just from large urban communities.

At the age of 62 years, Pastor Hermann Freiherr von Soden died on January 15, 1914 in Berlin. He was buried in the cemetery II of Jerusalem and the New Church in Berlin- Kreuzberg.

Works

  • The writings of the New Testament made ​​in her oldest attainable form of the text on the basis of their textual history, Berlin 1902.
  • Palestine and its history, six popular lectures, Leipzig, 1899. 3, improved Aufl.1911.
  • The letters to the Colossians, Ephesians, Philemon; the Pastoral Epistles, 2 improved and increased edition edited by H. von Soden. Freiburg 1893.
  • The most important questions in the life of Jesus, Holiday Course Lectures Berlin, 1904, second verb. Edition, Berlin 1909.
  • Hebrews, Epistles of Peter, James, Jude, 3 improved and increased edition, Freiburg 1899.
  • Did Jesus lived? from the historical records answered by Hermann von Soden, Berlin, 1910.
  • Early Christian literature, the writings of the New Testament, Berlin 1905.
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