BRAUN, HERBERT, 1903- .
Papers, 1947-1986.
MANUSCRIPT NUMBER 185
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CITATION: Herbert Braun Papers, MSS 185, Archives and Manuscripts
Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University.
Herbert Braun was born in Warlubien, West Prussia in 1903. He studied theology in Königsberg, Rostock, and Tübingen. Among the major influences upon his theological thought were the works of Luther, Kant, Kierkegaard, and K. Barth. He eventually became a pastor in East Prussia and was later imprisoned in 1937 for resisting the Nazis. After the war, he served as a pastor in Magdeburg (1946-47), a professor at the Kirchlich Hochschule in Berlin (1947-52), and a professor in Mainz. He continued to teach even after his retirement.
Braun focused on two major issues in his work: (1) the relationship of the New Testament to the pagan and Jewish Hellenistic environment in which it originated and (2) the question of meaning in the interpretation of texts. His publications included Spätjüdischhäretischer und frühchristlicher Radikalismus, Qumran und das Neue Testament, and Jesus of Nazareth: The Man and His Time.
The collection consists mainly of Braun's lecture and research notes. The topics covered consist mainly of various Biblical books and the history of early Christianity. The notes are grouped together under the subject headings which Braun himself gave them. Braun sometimes included correspondence relevant to the topic concerned among his notes. Also mingled in with the notes are what appear to be class rolls.
In addition to Braun's lecture and research notes, the collection also includes many of his published sermons and articles, several of which were printed in Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche, and a large number of typed sermons. Also of note in the collection is a published pamphlet written by Hermann Dembowski, author of Grundfragen der Christologie, erörert am Problem der Herrschaft Jesu Christi. Braun grouped this pamphlet with other papers under the heading "Disputatio."
The majority of the collection is written in German, but there is at least one article written in English. There are also numerous lengthy passages in Greek and a few in Hebrew.
CONTAINER LISTING
Box Folder Description Dates
Lecture/Research Notes
1 1 Abot 1958-1982
1 2 Acta [Acts] 1952-1969
1 3 Acta [Acts] n.d.
1 4 Acta [Acts] n.d.
1 5 Aristeas 1966-1967
1 6 Auferstehung 1966
1 7 Der barmherzige Samariter 1953-1973
4 15 Christologie [Christology] 1956-1961, undated.
1 8 Einleitung N.T. [196-?]
1 9 Einleitung N.T. [196-?]
1 10 Entstehung des Christentums, Christologie n.d.
1 11 Epheserbrief & Kolosserbrief [Ephesians and
Colossians] 1947-1951
1 12 Essener Seminar 1957
1 13 Galater [Galatians] 1960-1970
1 14 Gericht und Rechtfertigung bei Paulus 1961-1966
1 15 Glaube im N.T. 1958
1 16 [Greek passages] n.d.
1 17 Hellenisticum Die Essenerberichte bei Josephus 1982
2 1 Hellenisticum Epiktet 1952-1985
2 2 Hellenisticum I Qp Hab II u. Philostrat
vita Apoll VII 1952
2 3 Hellenisticum Joseph Aseneth 1974-1979
2 4 Hellenisticum Mandäer 1951-1984
2 5 Hellenisticum Plutarch De superstitione 1953-1970
2 6 Johannes Evangelium [the Gospel of John] 1960, 1967-1969
2 7 Johannes Evangelium [the Gospel of John] 1960, 1967-1969
4 16 Die Johannesbriefe [The Johannine Letters] 1952-1969, undated.
2 8 Kanongeschichte 1958
2 9 Kanongeschichte 1958-1960
2 10 I Korinther [I Corinthians] [196-?]
2 11 II Korinther [II Corinthians] n.d.
2 12 II Korinther [II Corinthians] n.d.
2 13 Lucian Peregrinus 1958-1980
2 14 Lukian Philopsendes 1978-1986
2 15 LXX n.d.
2 16 Manual of discipline 1951-954
2 17 Oden Salomos [Song of Solomon] 1983
2 18 Passion 1954-1968
2 19 Passion 1954-1968
3 1 Philipperbrief [Philippians] 1962
3 2 Philo 1971
3 3 Philo De opificio mundi 1972
3 4 Philostrat Vita Apollonii 1957-1984
3 5 "Planao" Seminar 1953
3 6 Plutarch Vita Apollonii 1975
3 7 Proseminar Synoptische Texte 1956
3 8 Psalmen Salomos [Psalms of Solomon] 1965-1981
3 9 Qumran Apokalypsen n.d.
3 10 Römer [Romans] 1961-1963
3 11 Römer [Romans] n.d.
3 12 Römer [Romans] n.d.
3 13 Semitisticum Habpescher 1966-1967
3 14 Semitistikum Messianische Texte aus Qumran [1966?]
3 15 Stirb und Werde 1956-1957
3 16 Synlogien 1956-1975
3 17 Synoptische Gleichnisse 1967
3 18 Synoptische Wundergeschichten 1949-1959
3 19 Text N.T. n.d.
3 20 Thessalonicher [Thessalonians] n.d.
3 21 Weihnachten 1963-1964
Sermons/Articles
4 1 [Published sermons and articles] 1940-1950
4 2 [Published sermons and articles] 1951-1953
4 3 [Published sermons and articles] 1953-1957
4 4 [Published sermons and articles] 1957-1958
4 5 [Published sermons and articles] 1958-1960
4 6 [Published sermons and articles] 1961-1967
4 7 [Published sermons and articles] 1969-1971, n.d.
4 8 [Typed sermons] 1948-1967
4 9 [Typed sermons] 1967-1972, n.d.
Other
4 10 [Letter to congregation members from] Drengfurt
[and] Lamgarben 1948
4 11 [Bibliography] 1963
4 12 ["Disputatio" on the occasion of his 80th
birthday] 1981-1983
4 13 ["Disputatio" on the occasion of his 80th
birthday] 1983
4 14 Abschiedsreden n.d.