Jürgen Henkys Explained

Jürgen Henkys (6 November 1929 – 22 October 2015) was a German Protestant minister and theologian.[1]

Henkys was born in, Ostpreußen, Germany. He became a lecturer at the Sprachenkonvikt in East Berlin and the Professor for Practical Theology at the Humboldt-Universität Berlin in 1991. He is especially known for his translations of foreign-language hymns into German. Several of his hymns are contained in the current German Protestant hymnal German: [[Evangelisches Gesangbuch]].

Works

Translations

The Evangelische Gesangbuch includes many hymnal translations from several languages:

From the Dutch

From the English

From the Norwegian

Notes and References

  1. News: Früherer Berliner Theologieprofessor Jürgen Henkys gestorben. 27 October 2015. Evangelischer Pressedienst. de. 28 October 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151126164730/http://www.epd.de/zentralredaktion/epd-zentralredaktion/fr%C3%BCherer-berliner-theologieprofessor-j%C3%BCrgen-henkys-gestorben. 26 November 2015.