Friedrich Spitta

This article is about the German Protestant theologian. For the German music historian, see Philipp Spitta. For the German Protestant religious poet, see Philipp Spitta (poet).

Friedrich Spitta

Friedrich Spitta (11 January 1852 – 7 June 1924) was a German Protestant theologian.

Biography

He was born at Wittingen, Lower Saxony, the son of German hymn writer Karl Johann Philipp Spitta and brother of Philipp (music historian and musicologist best known for his biography of Johann Sebastian Bach). Friedrich studied at Göttingen and Erlangen, and in course of time became (1887) professor ordinarius and university preacher at St. Thomas, Strasbourg. In 1896 he became joint editor, with Julius Smend, of the Monatschrift für Gottesdienst und kirchliche Kunst.

Writings

He is widely known as the author of a work on the Acts of the Apostles, Die Apostelgeschichte, ihre Quellen and deren geschichtlicher Wert (Acts of the Apostles, their sources and historical value, 1891). His other works include:

• Der Knabe Jesus, eine biblische Geschichte and ihre apokryphischen Entstellungen (1883)
• Die Offenbarung des Johannes (1889)
• Zur Reform des evang. Kultus (1891)
• Zur Geschichte and Litteratur des Urchristentums (3 vols., 1893-1901)
• Die synoptische Grundschrift in ihrer Überlieferung durch das Lukasevangelium. (The Synoptic base narrative as preserved in the Gospel of Luke, Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, v. 1, Leipzig, 1912)
• Ein Lebensbild Jesu aus den drei ersten Evangelien: Deutsche Ubersetzung der synoptischen Grundschrift in ihrer Uberlieferung durch das Lukasevangelium (Life of Jesus from the first three Gospels: German translation of the Synoptic base narrative as preserved in the Gospel of Luke, Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1912)

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Spitta, Friedrich". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.