Friedrich Spitta
Friedrich Spitta (11 January 1852 – 7 June 1924) was a German
Biography
Spitta was born at
He had a keen interest in church music and the revival of liturgical life in German Protestantism. He was an associate of the composer, Elias Oechsler due to his interests. He revised a communion song from the early Reformation, "Im Frieden dein, o Herre mein". Most of his books dealt with the Apostles and the early Christian church.[3] In 1896 he became joint editor, with Julius Smend, of the Monatschrift für Gottesdienst und kirchliche Kunst.[4]
Writings
Spitta is widely known as the author of a work on the Acts of the Apostles, Die Apostelgeschichte, ihre Quellen and deren geschichtlicher Wert ("Acts of the Apostles, their sources and historical value", 1891).[2] His other works include:
- Der Knabe Jesus, eine biblische Geschichte and ihre apokryphischen Entstellungen (1883).
- Der zweite Brief der Petrus und der Brief der Judas (1885).
- Die Offenbarung des Johannes (1889).
- Zur Reform des evang. Kultus (1891).
- Zur Geschichte und Litteratur des Urchristentums (The history and literature of early Christianity; 3 volumes, 1893–1901) – considered to be his best known work.[3]
- Die synoptische Grundschrift in ihrer Überlieferung durch das Lukasevangelium. (The Synoptic base narrative as preserved in the Gospel of Luke, Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, v. 1, Leipzig, 1912).
- Ein Lebensbild Jesu aus den drei ersten Evangelien: Deutsche Übersetzung der synoptischen Grundschrift in ihrer Überlieferung durch das Lukasevangelium (Life of Jesus from the first three Gospels: German translation of the Synoptic base narrative as preserved in the Gospel of Luke, Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1912).
Notes
- ^ ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0, S. 712 f.
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
- ^ a b The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church by Frank Leslie Cross, Elizabeth A. Livingstone
- ^ Monatschrift für Gottesdienst und kirchliche Kunst. OCLC WorldCat
References
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Spitta, Friedrich". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 711. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the