Paul Kleinert (23 September 1837 – 29 July 1920) was a German

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 ...

, born at Vielguth in

Prussian Silesia The Province of Silesia (german: Provinz Schlesien; pl, Prowincja Śląska; szl, Prowincyjŏ Ślōnskŏ) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1919. The Silesia region was part of the Prussian realm since 1740 and established as an official p ...

. From 1854 to 1857 he studied at the universities of Breslau and Halle. He taught school in Oppeln and

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, becoming professor at the

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

in 1868. In 1885-1886 he was

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at the University of Berlin. From 1873 to 1891 he was member (consistorial counsellor) of the Marcher

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in Berlin. In 1892 he was promoted upper consistorial counsellor in the Supreme Consistory (Evangelischer Oberkirchenrat; EOK) of the

Evangelical State Church of Prussia's older Provinces The Prussian Union of Churches (known under multiple other names) was a major Protestant church body which emerged in 1817 from a series of decrees by Frederick William III of Prussia that united both Lutheran and Reformed denominations in Pru ...

Publications

Kleinert published: * ''Obadjah-Zephanjah wissenschaftlich und für den Gebrauch der Kirche dargestellt'' (second edition, 1893) * ''Ueber das Buch Koheleth'' (Berlin, 1864) * ''Augustin und Goethes Faust'' (1866) * ''Das Deuteronomium und die Deuteronomiker'' (1872) * ''Untersuchungen zur alttestamentlichen Rechts- und Litteraturgeschichte'' (1872) * ''Abriss der Einleitung zum alten Testament in Tabellenform'' (1878) * ''Abhandlungen zur christlichen Kultus- und Kulturgeschichte'' (1889) * ''Der preussische Agendenentwurf'' (1894) * ''Selbstgespräche am Kranken- und Sterbelager'' (1896) * ''Die Propheten Israels in sozialer Beziehung'' (1905) * ''Homiletek'' (1907) * ''Musik und Religion'' (1908)

References

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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (biography) 1837 births 1920 deaths German Lutheran theologians People from Oleśnica County People from the Province of Silesia University of Breslau alumni Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg alumni Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin 19th-century German Protestant theologians 20th-century German Protestant theologians German male non-fiction writers 19th-century male writers {{Germany-theologian-stub