Karl August Auberlen (19 November 1824 – 2 May 1864) was a German Lutheran theologian.
Life
He was born at
Fellbach, near
Stuttgart
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, 19 November 1824. He studied in the seminary of
Blaubeuren 1837-41, and theology at
Tübingen 1841-45. He became repentant in theology at Tübingen 1849, and professor at
Basel 1851. As a young man he was attracted by the views of
Goethe and
Hegel
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and enthusiastic for the criticism of
Ferdinand Christian Baur; but he later became an adherent of the old Württemberg circle of theologians, of
Johann Albrecht Bengel,
Friedrich Christoph Oetinger,
Lothar Roos
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, and others. He died at Basel on 2 May 1864.
Works
He published:
* ''Die Theosophie Oetingers'' (Tübingen, 1847);
* ''Der Prophet Daniel und die Offenbarung Johannis'' (Basel, 1854; Eng. transl., by
Adolph Saphir''The Prophecies of Daniel and the Revelation'' Edinburgh, 1874; 2d German ed., 1857);
* ''Die götttiche Offenbarung'' (i, Basel, 1861; Eng. transl., with memoir, ''
The Divine Revelation: An Essay in Defence of the Faith'', Edinburgh, 1867).
A volume of sermons appeared in 1845; a volume of lectures on the Christian faith in 1861.
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Further reading
* Werner Raupp: "Auberlen, Carl August", in: ''Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart'' (RGG), 4. Ed., Vol. 1, 1998, col. 910.
Notes
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1824 births
1864 deaths
People from Fellbach
People from the Kingdom of Württemberg
German Lutheran theologians
German male non-fiction writers
19th-century Lutherans