August Heinrich Klostermann (16 May 1837, Steinhude, Schaumburg-Lippe – 11 February 1915, Kiel) was a German Lutheran theologian. He was the father of New Testament scholar Erich Klostermann (1870–1963).
Biography
He studied at Erlangen University and Berlin (1855–58). He was assistant pastor in Bückeburg (1859–64), and then tutor (German: repetent) and lecturer (German: privatdozent) at Göttingen (1864–68). In 1868, he became professor of Old Testament exegesis at Kiel.
Works
- Vindicae Lucanae (Göttingen, 1866).
- Das Markus evangelium nach seinem Quellenwerthe für die evangelische geschichte (Göttingen, 1867) – The Gospel of Mark according to source values in regards to gospel history.
- Untersuchungen zur alttestamentlichen Theologie (Gotha, 1868) – Studies of Old Testament theology.
- Probleme im Aposteltext neu erörtert (1883) – Problems of the Apostle texts newly discussed.
- Ueber deutsche Art bei Martin Luther (1884) – On German art by Martin Luther.
- Die Bücher Samuelis und der Könige ausgelegt (Nördlingen, 1887) – The Books of Samuel and Kings interpreted.
- Zur Theorie der biblischen Weissagung und zur Charakteristik des Hebräerbriefes (1889) – The theory of biblical "Weissangung" and the characteristic of the Letter to the Hebrews.
- Deuterojesaia, hebräisch und deutsch (Munich, 1893) – Deutero-Isaiah, Hebrew and German.
- Der Pentateuch (1893) – The Pentateuch.
- Geschichte des Volkes Israel bis zur Restauration unter Esra und Nehemia, 1896 – History of Israel until the restoration under Ezra and Nehemiah.
- Schulwesen in alten Israel (Leipzig, 1908) – Education in ancient Israel.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Klostermann, August Heinrich" . Encyclopedia Americana.
- Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Klostermann, Heinrich August" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- The New International Encyclop Dia, Volume 13 edited by Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams
- HathiTrust Digital Library (published works)
- 1837 births
- 1915 deaths
- People from Wunstorf
- German Lutheran theologians
- Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
- University of Erlangen-Nuremberg alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Kiel
- 19th-century German Protestant theologians
- 19th-century German Lutheran clergy
- 19th-century German male writers
- German male non-fiction writers
- 20th-century German Lutheran clergy