Friedrich Spitta

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Friedrich Spitta

Friedrich Spitta (11 January 1852 – 7 June 1924) was a German

theologian
.

Biography

Spitta was born at

St. Thomas, Strasbourg.[2] In 1901 he was appointed university rector. In 1919 he was named a professor at the University of Göttingen.[1]

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).

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