Johann Christian Friedrich Steudel

Johann Christian Friedrich Steudel

Johann Christian Friedrich Steudel (25 October 1779, in Esslingen am Neckar 24 October 1837, in Tübingen) was a German Lutheran theologian. He was a brother of botanist Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (1783–1856).

From 1797 he studied Protestant theology at the University of Tübingen. Beginning in 1803, he worked as a vicar in Oberesslingen, and two years later, became a tutor at Tübinger Stift. In 1808 he traveled to Paris, where he studied with Silvestre de Sacy and Carl Benedict Hase. Following his return to Germany, he served as a deacon in Cannstatt (from 1810) and Tübingen (from 1812). In 1815 he became an associate professor of theology at the University of Tübingen, where in 1822 he gained a full professorship. From 1826 onward, he was a professor of dogmatics and Old Testament theology at the university.[1][2]

He was a proponent of rational supernaturalism, and was the last prominent member of the so-called "Old Tübingen School" of theology. During the latter part of his career, he spearheaded an attack on David Strauss's controversial book, Das Leben Jesu.[3][4]

Selected works

In 1828 he founded the journal Tübinger Zeitschrift für Theologie.[2][5] The following are a few of Steudel's significant writings:

After his death, his lectures on Old Testament theology were published by Gustav Friedrich Oehler.[7]

References

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