Quotes:Olshausen, Hermann

Zirkoff, Boris

Olshausen, Hermann (1796-1839). *Nachweis der Echtheit der sämtlichen Schriften des Neuen Testaments, Hamburg, 1832. Engl. tr. by David Fosdick, as Proof of the Genuineness of the Writings of the New Testament, Andover (U.S.), 1838. See Vol. VIII, pp. 470-71, for biogr. sketch.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 4, p. 662

Olshausen, Hermann (1796-1839). German protestant theologian and exegete, b. at Oldesloe (Holstein), Aug. 21, 1796; d. Sept. 4, 1839. Studied theology at Keil and Berlin, 1814–18. His first work, the prizewinning Melanchthon's Characteristik aus seinen Briefen dargestellt (Berlin, 1817), brought him to the attention of Prussian minister of public worship. Privat-docent at Berlin's Univ., 1818; prof. at Königsberg, 1821, where he taught until 1834, and, where he also 471 belonged to the theosophic circle inaugurated by J. H. Schönherr. Took theological professorship at Erlangen, 1834. Impaired health by overwork. Works: Biblischen Commentar über sämmtliche Schriften des Neuen Testaments (Königsberg, 1830 sq., Vols. I–IV), his chief work on which his renown rests; embodying much genuine mystical approach; completed and revised after his death by Drs. J. H. Ebrard and Wiesinger (Reutlingen: Ensslin, 1834–62. 7 vols.). Translated for Clark's Foreign and Theol. Library. 1st Amer. ed. by Prof. A. C. Kendrick. New York: Sheldon & Co., 1861–63. 6 vols.—Ein Wort über tieferen Schriftsinn, Königsberg, 1824, where he rejects the belief of a literal, mechanical inspiration as taught by protestant divines in 17th century.—Die Echtheit der vier canonischen Evangelien aus der Geschichte der zwei ersten Jahrhunderte erweisen. Königsberg: A. W. Unzer, 1823. 8vo. xvi, 456 pp.—Nachweis der Echtheit der sämtlichen Schriften des Neuen Testaments, Hamburg, 1832. Engl. transl. by David Fosdick, as Proof of the Genuineness of the Writings of the New Testament, Andover (U.S.), 1838. Appended also to the 1st Amer. ed. of Olshausen's Biblical Commentary of the New Testament. New York: Sheldon & Co., 1861–63. 6 vols.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 8, pp. 470-471