Oberman was born in Utrecht on 15 October 1930. He earned his doctorate in theology from the University of Utrecht in 1957 and joined the faculty of the Harvard Divinity School in 1958. There he rose rapidly from instructor to associate professor and, in 1963, to professor of church history. He was appointed Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School in 1964 and continued teaching there until 1966. He then accepted a chair in the theology faculty at the University of Tübingen, Germany, where he also became director of the Institute for Late Middle Ages and Reformation Research. Later in life, Oberman founded the Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies at the University of Arizona.[1] His major books include The Harvest of Medieval Theology: Gabriel Biel and Late Medieval Nominalism (1963), which articulated his program of bridging the gap between the later Middle Ages and Reformation era (at least in the field of theology), and an iconoclastic biography of Martin Luther, translated from German as Luther: Man Between God and the Devil (1989). About Luther, Oberman wrote: "There is no way to grasp Luther's milieu of experience and faith unless one has an acute sense of his view of Christian existence between God and the Devil: without a recognition of Satan's power, belief in Christ is reduced to an idea about Christ – and Luther's faith becomes a confused delusion in keeping with the tenor of his time."[2] He died on 22 April 2001.
Honorsedit
Numerous honorary degrees and affiliations in the United States and abroad pay homage to Oberman's stature as a scholar and an educator. He became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1963,[3] a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1964,[4] and a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1991.[5] In 1996, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences awarded him the prestigious Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for History – the highest honor a historian can receive – and, in 2001, shortly before his death, he was told that he would be awarded a knighthood by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in 2002 for extraordinary representation of Dutch scholarship and culture. At the University of Arizona, he was named Regents' Professor of History in 1988 and was honored with the 5-Star Faculty Teaching Award in 1989, the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Teaching Award for Graduate Instruction in 1999, and the SBS Board of Advisors Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.
Bibliographyedit
Monographs
Archbishop Thomas Bradwardine, a Fourteenth Century Augustinian: A Study of His Theology in Its Historical Context (Utrecht: Kemink & Zoon, 1957)
The Harvest of Medieval Theology: Gabriel Biel and Late Medieval Nominalism (Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1963); reprint (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2001)
The Virgin Mary in Evangelical Perspective (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1971)
Contra Vanam Curiositatem: Ein Kapitel der Theologie zwischen Seelenwinkel und Weltall (Zürich: Theologischer Verlag, 1974)
Werden und Wertung der Reformation: vom Wegestreit zum Glaubenskampf (Tübingen : J.C.B. Mohr, 1977); English translation: Masters of the Reformation: The Emergence of a New Intellectual Climate in Europe, translated by Dennis Martin (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981)
Wurzeln des Antisemitismus. Christenangst und Judenplage im Zeitalter von Humanismus und Reformation, Berlin: Severin und Siedler, 1981); English translation: The Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Age of Renaissance and Reformation, translated by James I. Porter (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984)
Luther – Mensch zwischen Gott und Teufel (Berlin: Severin und Siedler, 1981); English translation: Luther – Man between God and the Devil, translated by Eileen Walliser-Schwartzbart (London: HarperCollins, 1993)
De Erfenis van Calvijn: Grootheid en Grenzen (Kampen: Kok, 1988)
John Calvin and the Reformation of the Refugees, edited by Peter Dykema (Geneva: Librairie Droz, 2009)
Collected essays
Dawn of the Reformation: Essays in Late Medieval and Early Reformation Thought (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1986)
The Reformation: Roots and Ramifications, translated by Andrew Colin Gow (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1993)
The Impact of the Reformation: Essays (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1994)
The Two Reformations: The Journey from the Last Days to the New World, edited by Donald Weinstein (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003)
Zwei Reformationen: Luther und Calvin—alte und neue Welt. edited by Manfred Schulze (Berlin: Siedler, 2003) Review in H-Soz-u-Kult (German)
Edited sources
H.A. Oberman, ed. Forerunners of the Reformation: The Shape of Late Medieval Thought (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966); reprint (Philadelphia : Fortress Press, 1981.
Gabriel Biel, Defensorium Obedientiae Apostolicae Et Alia Documenta, ed. and trans. Heiko Augustinus Oberman, Daniel E. Zerfoss, and William J. Courtenay (Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1968)
Festschrifts
Kenneth Hagen, ed. Augustine, The Harvest, and Theology (1300–1650): Essays Dedicated to Heiko Augustinus Oberman in Honor of His Sixtieth Birthday (Leiden: Brill, 1990)
Robert James Bast and Andrew Colin Gow, eds. Continuity and Change: The Harvest of Late Medieval and Reformation History: Essays Presented to Heiko A. Oberman on His 70th Birthday (Leiden: Brill, 2000)
^. dlmrs.web.arizona.edu. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
^Oberman, Heiko. "Luther: Man Between God and the Devil". Yale University Press, 1989, p.104.
^"Heiko Augustinus Oberman (1930–2001)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
^"Heiko Augustinus Oberman". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
^"APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
External linksedit
Obituary in The Telegraph
Obituary at the New Netherland Institute
January 01, 1970
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Heiko Oberman news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations April 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message Heiko Augustinus Oberman 1930 2001 was a Dutch historian and theologian who specialized in the study of the Reformation Heiko ObermanBornHeiko Augustinus Oberman 1930 10 15 15 October 1930Utrecht NetherlandsDied22 April 2001 2001 04 22 aged 70 Tucson Arizona U S NationalityDutchSpouseGeertruida Reesink m 1956 wbr AwardsHeineken Prize 1996 Academic backgroundEducationUtrecht UniversityThesisArchbishop Thomas Bradwardine A Fourteenth Century Augustinian 1957 Academic workDisciplineHistorytheologySub disciplineEcclesiastical historyhistorical theologylate medieval historyInstitutionsHarvard UniversityUniversity of TubingenUniversity of ArizonaDoctoral studentsAndrew GowDavid SteinmetzNotable studentsBrad S GregoryMain interestsReformationNotable worksThe Harvest of Medieval Theology 1963 Luther 1989 Contents 1 Life 2 Honors 3 Bibliography 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksLife editOberman was born in Utrecht on 15 October 1930 He earned his doctorate in theology from the University of Utrecht in 1957 and joined the faculty of the Harvard Divinity School in 1958 There he rose rapidly from instructor to associate professor and in 1963 to professor of church history He was appointed Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School in 1964 and continued teaching there until 1966 He then accepted a chair in the theology faculty at the University of Tubingen Germany where he also became director of the Institute for Late Middle Ages and Reformation Research Later in life Oberman founded the Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies at the University of Arizona 1 His major books include The Harvest of Medieval Theology Gabriel Biel and Late Medieval Nominalism 1963 which articulated his program of bridging the gap between the later Middle Ages and Reformation era at least in the field of theology and an iconoclastic biography of Martin Luther translated from German as Luther Man Between God and the Devil 1989 About Luther Oberman wrote There is no way to grasp Luther s milieu of experience and faith unless one has an acute sense of his view of Christian existence between God and the Devil without a recognition of Satan s power belief in Christ is reduced to an idea about Christ and Luther s faith becomes a confused delusion in keeping with the tenor of his time 2 He died on 22 April 2001 Honors editNumerous honorary degrees and affiliations in the United States and abroad pay homage to Oberman s stature as a scholar and an educator He became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1963 3 a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1964 4 and a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1991 5 In 1996 the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences awarded him the prestigious Dr A H Heineken Prize for History the highest honor a historian can receive and in 2001 shortly before his death he was told that he would be awarded a knighthood by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in 2002 for extraordinary representation of Dutch scholarship and culture At the University of Arizona he was named Regents Professor of History in 1988 and was honored with the 5 Star Faculty Teaching Award in 1989 the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Teaching Award for Graduate Instruction in 1999 and the SBS Board of Advisors Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001 Bibliography editMonographs Archbishop Thomas Bradwardine a Fourteenth Century Augustinian A Study of His Theology in Its Historical Context Utrecht Kemink amp Zoon 1957 The Harvest of Medieval Theology Gabriel Biel and Late Medieval Nominalism Cambridge Mass Harvard University Press 1963 reprint Grand Rapids MI Baker Academic 2001 The Virgin Mary in Evangelical Perspective Philadelphia Fortress Press 1971 Contra Vanam Curiositatem Ein Kapitel der Theologie zwischen Seelenwinkel und Weltall Zurich Theologischer Verlag 1974 Werden und Wertung der Reformation vom Wegestreit zum Glaubenskampf Tubingen J C B Mohr 1977 English translation Masters of the Reformation The Emergence of a New Intellectual Climate in Europe translated by Dennis Martin New York Cambridge University Press 1981 Wurzeln des Antisemitismus Christenangst und Judenplage im Zeitalter von Humanismus und Reformation Berlin Severin und Siedler 1981 English translation The Roots of Anti Semitism in the Age of Renaissance and Reformation translated by James I Porter Philadelphia Fortress Press 1984 Luther Mensch zwischen Gott und Teufel Berlin Severin und Siedler 1981 English translation Luther Man between God and the Devil translated by Eileen Walliser Schwartzbart London HarperCollins 1993 De Erfenis van Calvijn Grootheid en Grenzen Kampen Kok 1988 John Calvin and the Reformation of the Refugees edited by Peter Dykema Geneva Librairie Droz 2009 Collected essays Dawn of the Reformation Essays in Late Medieval and Early Reformation Thought Edinburgh T amp T Clark 1986 The Reformation Roots and Ramifications translated by Andrew Colin Gow Edinburgh T amp T Clark 1993 The Impact of the Reformation Essays Grand Rapids MI William B Eerdmans 1994 The Two Reformations The Journey from the Last Days to the New World edited by Donald Weinstein New Haven Yale University Press 2003 Zwei Reformationen Luther und Calvin alte und neue Welt edited by Manfred Schulze Berlin Siedler 2003 Review in H Soz u Kult German Edited sources H A Oberman ed Forerunners of the Reformation The Shape of Late Medieval Thought New York Holt Rinehart and Winston 1966 reprint Philadelphia Fortress Press 1981 Gabriel Biel Defensorium Obedientiae Apostolicae Et Alia Documenta ed and trans Heiko Augustinus Oberman Daniel E Zerfoss and William J Courtenay Cambridge Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1968 Festschrifts Kenneth Hagen ed Augustine The Harvest and Theology 1300 1650 Essays Dedicated to Heiko Augustinus Oberman in Honor of His Sixtieth Birthday Leiden Brill 1990 Robert James Bast and Andrew Colin Gow eds Continuity and Change The Harvest of Late Medieval and Reformation History Essays Presented to Heiko A Oberman on His 70th Birthday Leiden Brill 2000 See also editRichard MariusReferences edit Founder Heiko A Oberman The Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies dlmrs web arizona edu Archived from the original on 27 November 2012 Retrieved 16 November 2015 Oberman Heiko Luther Man Between God and the Devil Yale University Press 1989 p 104 Heiko Augustinus Oberman 1930 2001 Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Retrieved 17 July 2015 Heiko Augustinus Oberman American Academy of Arts amp Sciences Retrieved 14 April 2022 APS Member History search amphilsoc org Retrieved 14 April 2022 External links editBiography at the University of Arizona Division of Late Medieval and Reformation Studies Obituary in The Telegraph Obituary at the New Netherland Institute Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heiko Oberman amp oldid 1182721328, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
