Karl Friedrich Erich Haupt (8 July 1841 – 19 February 1910) was a German

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theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

Biography

He was born at

Stralsund Stralsund (; Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin, Neub ...

, and educated at

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. He later worked as a schoolteacher in Kolberg and

Treptow an der Rega Treptow () was a former borough in the southeast of Berlin. It merged with Köpenick to form Treptow-Köpenick in 2001. Geography The district was composed by the localities of Alt-Treptow, Plänterwald, Baumschulenweg, Niederschöneweide, Jo ...

. He was a professor of

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...

exegesis Exegesis ( ; from the Ancient Greek, Greek , from , "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation (logic), interpretation of a text. The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Bible, Biblical works. In modern usage, ...

, successively at

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the J ...

(from 1878),

Greifswald Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (german: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostoc ...

(from 1883), and Halle (from 1888), where in 1902 he was named

university rector A rector (Latin for 'ruler') is a senior official in an educational institution, and can refer to an official in either a university or a secondary school. Outside the English-speaking world the rector is often the most senior official in a un ...

.Erich Haupt
Catalogus Professorum Halensis He was successor to

Willibald Beyschlag Johann Heinrich Christoph Willibald Beyschlag (5 September 1823 – 25 November 1900 in Halle an der Saale) was a German theologian from Frankfurt am Main. Biography He studied theology at the Universities of Bonn and Berlin, afterwards ser ...

as chairman of the main association of the Gustav-Adolf-Stiftung, and from 1901 to 1908 was editor of the "''Deutsch-evangelischen Blätter''". For a period of time, he served as head of the ''Evangelischen Bundes'' (Protestant Federation).

Works

* ''Der erste Brief des Johannes'' (“

First Epistle of John The First Epistle of John is the first of the Johannine epistles of the New Testament, and the fourth of the catholic epistles. There is no scholarly consensus as to the authorship of the Johannine works. The author of the First Epistle is te ...

”; 1869). * ''Die alttestamentlichen Citate in den vier Evangelien'' (“Citations of the Old Testament in the four gospels"; 1871). * ''Die Kirche und die theologische Lehrfreiheit'' (“The church and freedom of theological teaching”; 1881). * ''Plus ultra, zur Universitätsfrage'' (2nd ed., 1890). * ''Die Bedeutung der heiligen Schrift für den evangelischen Christen'' (“The meaning of the Holy Scripture for Lutherans”; 1891). * ''Zum Verständnis des Apostolats im Neuen Testament'' ("To the understanding of the

Apostolates An apostolate is a Christian organization "directed to serving and evangelizing the world", most often associated with the Anglican Communion or the Catholic Church. In more general usage, an apostolate is an association of persons dedicated to the ...

in the New Testament"; 1896).HathiTrust Digital Library
(publications)

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* German Lutheran theologians 1841 births 1910 deaths People from Stralsund Humboldt University of Berlin alumni University of Kiel faculty University of Greifswald faculty University of Halle faculty 19th-century German Protestant theologians German male non-fiction writers 19th-century male writers 19th-century Lutherans {{Christian-theologian-stub