Wolf Wilhelm Friedrich von Baudissin
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Wolf Wilhelm Friedrich Graf von Baudissin (September 26, 1847 – February 6, 1926) was a German Protestant theologian who was a native of Sophienhof, near Kiel
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Baudissin studied theology and Oriental studies
at Berlin
, Erlangen, Leipzig
and Kiel
, earning his doctorate in 1870 at Leipzig, where he was Privatdocent from 1874 to 1876. In 1876 he was appointed associate professor of theology at the University of Strassburg, where he gained his full professorship four years later. 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
. Theologian Franz Delitzsch
(1813–1890) and Orientalist
Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer
(1801–1888) were major influences in his career.
Baudissin was a prominent figure in the Religionsgeschichtliche Schule
(School of Religious History), and 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
.
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
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Baudissin studied theology and Oriental studies
Oriental studies
Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies...
at Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
, Erlangen, Leipzig
University of Leipzig
The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
and Kiel
University of Kiel
The University of Kiel is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approximately 23,000 students today...
, earning his doctorate in 1870 at Leipzig, where he was Privatdocent from 1874 to 1876. In 1876 he was appointed associate professor of theology at the University of Strassburg, where he gained his full professorship four years later. In 1881 he became a professor of Old Testament
Old Testament
The Old Testament, of which Christians hold different views, is a Christian term for the religious writings of ancient Israel held sacred and inspired by Christians which overlaps with the 24-book canon of the Masoretic Text of Judaism...
exegesis
Exegesis
Exegesis is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text. Traditionally the term was used primarily for exegesis of the Bible; however, in contemporary usage it has broadened to mean a critical explanation of any text, and the term "Biblical exegesis" is used...
at the University of Marburg, where he remained until 1900. From 1900 to 1921 he was a professor at the University of Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
. Theologian Franz Delitzsch
Franz Delitzsch
Franz Delitzsch was a German Lutheran theologian and Hebraist. Born in Leipzig, he held the professorship of theology at the University of Rostock from 1846 to 1850, at the University of Erlangen until 1867, and after that at the University of Leipzig until his death...
(1813–1890) and Orientalist
Oriental studies
Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies...
Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer
Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer
Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer was a German Orientalist.-Biography:He was born at Schandau, Saxony. From 1819 to 1824, he studied theology and Oriental languages at Leipzig, subsequently continuing his studies in Paris, where he continued his studies of the Arabic, Turkish and Persian languages...
(1801–1888) were major influences in his career.
Baudissin was a prominent figure in the Religionsgeschichtliche Schule
History of religions
The history of religion refers to the written record of human religious experiences and ideas. This period of religious history begins with the invention of writing about 5,000 years ago in the Near East. The prehistory of religion relates to a study of religious beliefs that existed prior to the...
(School of Religious History), and 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
Old Testament
The Old Testament, of which Christians hold different views, is a Christian term for the religious writings of ancient Israel held sacred and inspired by Christians which overlaps with the 24-book canon of the Masoretic Text of Judaism...
.
Selected publications
- Translationis antiquæ arabicæ libri Jobi quæ supersunt nunc primum edita (Leipsic, 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 (2 vols., 1876–1878)
- Die Geschichte des alttestamentlichen Priesterthums untersucht (1889)
- August DillmannAugust DillmannChristian Friedrich August Dillmann was a German orientalist and biblical scholar.-Life:The son of a Württemberg schoolmaster, he was born at Illingen. He was educated at the University of Tübingen, where he became a pupil and friend of Heinrich Ewald, and studied under Ferdinand Christian Baur,...
(1895) - Einleitung in die Bücher des Alten Testaments (1901)
- Esmun-Asklepios (Giessen, 1906)