Ludwig Diestel
Ludwig Diestel (28 September 1825 – 15 May 1879) was a German Protestant theologian born in Königsberg.
He studied at several universities and in 1851 became a lecturer at the University of Bonn. In 1858 at Bonn he became an associate professor of theology. Later on, he served as a professor at the universities of Greifswald (1862), Jena (1867) and Tübingen (1872).
Diestel was known for his liberal-minded theological views. He specialized in Old Testament exegesis and was the author the highly acclaimed Geschichte des Alten Testamentes in der christlichen Kirche ("History of the Old Testament in the Christian Church"), (1868). Other noted works by Diestel include:
- Der Segen Jakob's in Genesis, xlix historisch erläutert. (Jacob's Blessing in Genesis, historically explained); CA Schwetschke & Son, Brunswick, 1853
- Die Sintflut und die Flutsagen des Alterthums (The deluge and flood legends of ancient times); C. Habel, 1871
His wife was Sophie Henriette Emmy Antonie Delius (1844 – 1923). The couple had three daughters and three sons each. His daughter Meta was a well-known German oratorio and cantata singer.
References
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (1975). "Diestel, Ludwig". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 1. Hamm: Bautz. cols. 1293–1294. ISBN 3-88309-013-1. English translation
External links
Media related to Ludwig Diestel at Wikimedia Commons
- CS1 German-language sources (de)
- Commons category link from Wikidata
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with WorldCat Entities identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- Articles with J9U identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with NKC identifiers
- Articles with NTA identifiers
- Articles with DTBIO identifiers
- Articles with SUDOC identifiers
- 1825 births
- 1879 deaths
- 19th-century German Protestant theologians
- Writers from Königsberg
- Academic staff of the University of Jena
- Academic staff of the University of Greifswald
- Academic staff of the University of Tübingen
- German male non-fiction writers
- 19th-century male writers
- All stub articles
- German theologian stubs