Heinrich Andreas Christoph Havernick (29 December, 1811 – 19 July, 1845) was a German

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known for his conservative views on the biblical

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. He studied theology at the universities of

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and Halle, where he made the acquaintance of August Tholuck and was influenced by proponents of confessional orthodoxy. At Halle, he was involved in the turmoil of 1830 when advocates of

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demanded the dismissal of " rationalist" professors

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and

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(Accusations made against the two were partially based on lecture notes taken by Havernick). Afterwards, he studied theology in

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, where he was a disciple of

Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg Ernst Wilhelm Theodor Herrmann Hengstenberg (20 October 1802 in Fröndenberg – 28 May 1869 in Berlin), was a German Lutheran churchman and neo-Lutheran theologian from an old and important Dortmund family. He was born at Fröndenberg, a Wes ...

. He then taught classes in

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, and later relocated to the

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, where in 1837, he became an associate professor of theology. Four years later, he gained a full professorship at the

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.Hävernick, Heinrich Andreas Christoph
Deutsche Biographie

Published works

* ''Commentar über das Buch Daniel'', 1832 – Commentary on the

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. * ''Handbuch der historisch-kritischen Einleitung in das Alte Testament'' (volumes 1 and 2, 1836–39; volume 3 was published in 1849 by

Carl Friedrich Keil Johann Friedrich Karl Keil or Carl Friedrich Keil (26 February 1807 – 5 May 1888) was a conservative German Lutheran Old Testament commentator. Keil was appointed to the theological faculty of Dorpat in Estonia where he taught Bible, New ...

). In 1850 it was translated into English and published as "An historico-critical introduction to the Pentateuch" (Edinburgh, T. & T. Clark, 1850). * ''Neue kritische Untersuchungen über das Buch Daniel'', 1838 – New exegetical investigations on the Book of Daniel. * ''Commentar über den Propheten Ezechiel'', 1843 – Commentary on the prophet

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. * ''Vorlesungen über die Theologie des Alten Testaments'', 1848 – Lectures on the theology of the Old Testament; published posthumously in 1848 by Heinrich August Hahn, a second edition was issued in 1863 by

Hermann Schultz Hermann Schultz (December 30, 1836 - May 15, 1903), Germany, German Protestant theology, theologian, was born at Lüchow in Hanover (now in Lower Saxony). Education He studied at university of Göttingen, Göttingen and university of Erlangen, Er ...

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Most widely held works by Heinrich Andreas Christoph Hävernick

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Havernick, Heinrich Andreas Christoph 1811 births 1845 deaths People from Rostock (district) People from the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 19th-century German Protestant theologians Academic staff of the University of Rostock Academic staff of the University of Königsberg