Paulus Stephanus Cassel

Paulus Stephanus Cassel (actually Selig Cassel, born February 27, 1821 in Glogau, Silesia, † December 23, 1892 in Berlin- Friedenau ) was a German journalist, Christian theologian and writer of Jewish origin.

Life

Origin, first professional activities, conversion

Paulus Stephanus Cassel was born the son of a Jewish sculptor. His original first name was Selig. Cassel graduated from high school in Schweidnitz and then studied History at the Friedrich- Wilhelms- University of Berlin, where he heard the lectures of, among others, Leopold Ranke.

In 1849, he was a staunch Royalist in Erfurt initially Constitutionelle newspaper out and later - from 1850 until 1856 - the Erfurt newspaper. On 28 May 1855 he received in the Protestant Church in Erfurt Büßleben Christian baptism. He was then librarian of the Royal Library Erfurt. A year later he became the secretary of the Erfurt Academy and received because of his royalist attitude and work of Friedrich Wilhelm IV, the title of professor.

By 1860, he had in Berlin, held the position of a high school teacher for a short time, but worked primarily as a freelance writer. In the years 1866 and 1867, he was elected as a member of the Conservative Party in the Prussian Chamber of Deputies.

Missionary of the Jewish Christian Missionary Society

1867 Cassel came in contact with the London Society for the Propagation of Christianity among the Jews, who hired him as a traveling preacher. When he assumed the duties of a pastor in the then Free Church Christ Church based in Berlin. Here he also made on the young Adolf Damaschkestraße, the future educators and land reformer, a lasting impression.

Galt his theological work in the first phase of its 24-year pastoral ministry, especially the mission to the Jews, he struggled in the last years of his life strengthened against the blazing anti-Semitism in the late 19th century.

1872 Cassel was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Vienna.

Cassels brother David worked as a lecturer at the Berlin Academy for the Science of Judaism.

Work

Paulus Stephanus Cassel worked as a writer in many fields; an idea are the following (incomplete ) bibliography:

Historical writings:

  • German speeches, Berlin, 1871
  • From Warsaw to Olomouc, Berlin, 1851
  • Past experiments: Comments on Benjamin of Tudela. French city names. Apology, Berlin 1847

Theological writings:

  • The book of Judges and Ruth; in: Theological and homiletical Bibelwerk (JP Lange, eds ), 1887
  • The Book of Esther. A contribution to the history of the East, from the original Hebrew, translated, explained historically and theologically, Berlin and Leipzig, 1885

Fight against anti-Semitism:

  • As I think about Jews Mission, Berlin 1886
  • Resist Heinrich von Treitschke - for the Jews, Berlin 1880
  • Ahasuerus, the legend of the Wandering Jew with a critical protest resist Eduard von Hartmann and Adolf Stoecker Berlin, 1885
  • The God of the Jews and Richard Wagner, a response to the Bayreuther Blatter, Berlin, 1885

Geographical descriptions:

  • About Thuringian city name, Erfurt 1856-58
  • From the Nile to the Ganges. Hiking in the oriental world, Berlin, 1880

Hymns Collection:

  • Hallelujah. One hundred and eighty eight and spiritual songs, Berlin, 1889

Literature:

  • Eddische studies, Weimar, 1856
  • The Swan 3 Edition, Berlin, 1872
  • Rose and Nachtigal Berlin, 1860
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