Wolf Wilhelm Friedrich von Baudissin | |
|---|---|
 Wolf Wilhelm von Baudissin omkring 1910. | |
| Born | 26 September 1847  Preetz |
| Died | 6 February 1926 (aged 78) Berlin |
| Education | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Occupation | Evangelical theologian, university teacher |
| Employer | |
| Position held | rector (University of Berlin, 1912–1913) |
Wolf Wilhelm Friedrich Graf von Baudissin (26 September 1847 – 6 February 1926) was a German Protestant theologian who was a native of Sophienhof, near Kiel.
Education
Baudissin studied theology and Oriental studies at Berlin, Erlangen, Leipzig and Kiel, earning his doctorate in 1870 at Leipzig.
Academic work
In Leipzig, Baudissin worked as privatdocent from 1874 to 1876. In 1876 he was appointed associate professor of theology at the University of Strassburg, where four years later he gained a full professorship.
In 1881 he became a professor of Old Testament exegesis at the University of Marburg, where he remained until 1900. From 1900 to 1921, he was a professor at the University of Berlin. He was rector of the university in 1912–1913.[1] Theologian Franz Delitzsch (1813–1890) and Orientalist Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer (1801–1888) were major influences in his career.
Field of work
Baudissin was a prominent figure in the Religionsgeschichtliche Schule (School of Religious History). He is largely remembered for his work involving analysis of various ancient Semitic faiths in order to clarify the religious meaning of the Biblical Old Testament.
Baudissin is referenced in Harold Frederic's novel The Damnation of Theron Ware.
Selected publications
- Translationis antiquæ arabicæ libri Jobi quæ supersunt nunc primum edita (Leipzig, 1870).
- Eulogius und Alvar, ein Abschnitt spanischer Kirchengeschichte aus der Zeit der Maurenherrschaft (1872).
- Jahve et Moloch, sive de ratione inter deum Israelitarum et Molochum intercedente (1874).
- Studien zur semitischen Religionsgeschichte (two volumes, 1876–1878).
- Die Geschichte des alttestamentlichen Priesterthums untersucht (1889).
- August Dillmann (1895) – biography of August Dillmann.
- Einleitung in die Bücher des Alten Testaments (1901).
- Esmun-Asklepios (Giessen, 1906).
Notes
- ↑ "Rektoren und Präsidenten bzw. Präsidentinnen der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin seit 1810" [Rectors and presidents of the Humboldt University of Berlin]. Humboldt University of Berlin (in German). Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
References
- New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Biography
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (1975). "Baudissin, Wolf Wilhelm Graf von". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 1. Hamm: Bautz. col. 415. ISBN 3-88309-013-1. English translation
- Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.