August Klostermann Explained

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).^[1]

Biography

He studied at Erlangen University and Berlin (1855–58). He was assistant pastor in Bückeburg (1859–64), and then tutor (de|repetent) and lecturer (de|[[privatdozent]]) at Göttingen (1864–68). In 1868, he became professor of Old Testament exegesis at Kiel.

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.^[2]