August Klostermann

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 (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 (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]

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.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Klostermann, Heinrich August". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.