Johann Karl Wilhelm Vatke

Johann Karl Wilhelm Vatke ( born March 14, 1806 Behnsdorf near Magdeburg, † April 19, 1882 ) was a Protestant theologian and professor of Old Testament religion and philosophy in Berlin.

Wilhelm Vatke studied in Halle, Göttingen and Berlin, and in 1830 professor at the University of Berlin and in 1837 Professor ibid. Vatke was one of the founders of modern biblical criticism of the Old Testament. In the same year (1835 ) as David Friedrich Strauss published his " Life of Jesus ", Vatke published his book The Biblical theology figured out scientifically, which contained similar revolutionary ideas about the Old Testament. The thoughts Vatkes had initially been hardly touched and were then expanded by Abraham Kuenen and Julius Wellhausen on.

Works

  • The biblical theology scientifically shown. Part 1: The Religion of the Old Testament according to the canonical books developed. 1835
  • Human freedom in its relation to sin and divine grace. Bethge, Berlin 1841
  • Philosophy of religion or philosophical theology general. Edited from lectures. v. Hermann G. S. Preiss. Strauss, Bonn 1888
  • Historical-Critical Introduction to the Old Testament. Edited from lectures. v. Hermann G. S. Preiss and D. A. Hilgenfeld. Strauss, Bonn 1886
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