Ernst Ranke
Ernst Constantin Ranke (10 September 1814, Wiehe – 30 July 1888, Marburg an der Lahn) was a German Protestant theologian; since 1850, a professor of church history. He was the brother of historian Leopold von Ranke (1795–1886), theologian Friedrich Heinrich Ranke (1798–1876) and philologist Karl Ferdinand Ranke (1802–1876).
Biography
[edit]He studied theology in Leipzig, Berlin and Bonn, and later became a pastor in the town of Buchau.[1] From 1850 onward, he was a full professor of theology at Marburg University, where he taught classes in church history and New Testament exegesis.[2] In 1865/1866 he served as university rector.[3]
He was a councillor of the Lutheran consistory with great impact to the issues of the Church of Hesse-Cassel. He wrote poems and published translations of the Bible and books of songs.
Principal works
[edit]- Das kirchliche Perikopensystem aus den ältesten Urkunden der Römischen Liturgie (Berlin, 1847).
- Das Buch Tobias, metrisch übersetzt (Bayreuth, 1847); The Book of Tobit, translated metric.
- Kritische Zusammenstellung der... neunen Perikopenkreise (Berlin, 1850).
- Specimen codicis Novi Testamenti Fuldensis (Marburg, 1860).
- Codex Fuldensis : Novum Testamentum Latine interprete Hieronymo (Marburg, 1868).
- Fragmenta versionis sacrarum scripturarum Latinae Antehieronymianae e codice manuscripto (1868).[4]
Poems
[edit]- Gedichte, dem Vaterland gewidme (1848); "Poems, dedicated to the homeland".
- An das deutsche Volk, Ged (1848);
- Carmina academica (Marburg, 1866);
- Lieder aus grossen Zeit (1872);
- Horae Lyricae (Bécs, 1874);
- Die Schlacht im Teutoburger Walde (Marburg, 1876); "The Battle of Teutonburg Forest".
- Rhythmica: Praeit Hugonis Grotii effigies (Bécs, 1881);
- De Laude Nivis (Marburg, 1886).[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Google Books Monatsschrift für Theologie und Kirche: mit besonderer ..., Volume 7
- ^ Briefwechsel 1875 - 1889 by Albrecht Ritschl, Wilhelm Herrmann
- ^ Philipps-Universität Marburg Rektoratsreden im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert – Online-Bibliographie
- ^ WorldCat Identities Most widely held works by Ernst Ranke
- ^ Ernst Constantin Ranke - Thüringer Literaturrat published poems
- ^ Google Search list of published works
External links
[edit]- [1] ADB: Ranke, Ernst] at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
