Martin Brecht

Martin Brecht ( born March 6, 1932 in Nagold ) is a German Protestant theologian and church historian.

Life

Martin Brecht attended from 1947 to 1951 the high school in the Protestant seminaries Maulbronn and Blaubeuren. He then studied as a fellow of the Evangelical congregation of Protestant Theology in Tübingen. He was then at Tubingen Repetent first, then study inspector and eventually took over as headmaster in 1970 the management of the facility. The supervised by Hanns Rückert dissertation " The Old Library of Tübingen pin in her theology and humanities historical context " in 1961 to Dr. theol. doctorate. 1965 and his habilitation with the work " The Early Theology of Johannes Brenz ." Brecht was appointed in Tübingen in 1971 as an adjunct professor. In 1975 he took over the chair of Church History (with emphasis Reformation and Early Modern ) at the University of Münster. In 1997 he became Professor Emeritus.

As Brecht's major works are the three-volume comprehensive biography of Martin Luther, 1981-1987 ( student edition 1994) and edited by his four -volume history of Pietism appeared ( 1993-2004)

Honors

Works (selection)

  • A catalog of works by Martin Brecht with a total of 588 titles and 2003 can be found in:

1 Wolf -Dieter Hauschild; Wilhelm H. Neuser; Christian Peters ( eds. ): Luther's effect. Festschrift for Martin Brecht on his 60th birthday, Stuttgart 1992, p 257-283 (No. 1-397 )

2 Hermann Ehmer; Udo Sträter ( eds. ): Contributions to the History of Württemberg Pietism. Festschrift for Gerhard Schäfer 's 75th birthday and Martin Brecht on his 65th birthday ( pietism and modern times Pun, Vol 24), Göttingen 1998, pp. 23-31 (No. 398-499 )

3 Peters, Christian; Kampmann, Jürgen ( eds. ): Fides et Pietas. Festschrift Martin Brecht 's 70th birthday ( Historia ecclesiastica et profana, Vol 8), Münster 2003, pp. 169-177 (No. 500-588 )

Were newly published important works in:

  • Brecht, Martin: Selected Essays, Volume 1: Reformation (Stuttgart 1995), Vol 2: Pietism (Stuttgart 1997)
  • Martin Brecht ( eds.): theologians and theology at the University of Tübingen - Contributions to the History of the Faculty of Protestant Theology. Mohr, Tübingen, 1977, ISBN 3-16-939692-7.
  • Martin Brecht: Luther as a writer - evidence of his poetic creating. Calw -Verl., Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-7668-3076-7.
  • Martin Brecht: Johann Valentin Andreae 1586 - 1654 - a biography. Cambridge University Press, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-525-55334-3.
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