Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon

The Evangelische Kirchenlexikon (EKL) is a theological lexicon published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen. The first edition appeared in three volumes from 1955–1959,[1] and a register volume followed in 1961. The second edition was an unchanged reprint published in 1962.[2] The editors were Heinz Brunotte and Otto Weber.[3] Erwin Fahlbusch was responsible for the publication of the third, revised edition from 1986–1997 in collaboration with numerous specialist scholars.

  • Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon. Internationale theologische Enzyklopädie. Five volumes. 3rd edition (new version). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1986-1998.
EKL, 3. Edition

Sequence of the individual volumes of the third edition:

  • Volume 1: A–F. 1986, ISBN 3-525-50128-5.
  • Volume 2: G–K. 1989, ISBN 3-525-50132-3.
  • Volume 3: L–R. 1992, ISBN 3-525-50137-4.
  • Volume 4: S–Z. 1996, ISBN 3-525-50141-2.
  • Volume 5: Register. 1997, ISBN 3-525-50142-0.

The work was also published in digital form by the Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft in 2003.[4]

The following also appeared as a single publication:

  • Martin Greschat: Personenlexikon Religion und Theologie [PRT] (= Uni-Taschenbücher. 2063). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1998, ISBN 3-8252-2063-X.

The third revised edition of Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon was translated into English language in a five-volume work called The Encyclopedia of Christianity.[5][6]

References
  1. McNally, Robert E. (December 1, 1959). "Book Review: Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon: Kirchlich-theologisches Handwörterbuch". Theological Studies. 20 (4): 635–637. doi:10.1177/004056395902000407.
  2. George Faithful (2014). Mothering the Fatherland: A Protestant Sisterhood Repents for the Holocaust. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199363469.
  3. Torrance, Thomas F. (June 1966). "Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon. Kirchlich-theologisches Handwörterbuch. Edited by Heinz Brunotte and Otto Weber, with the assistance of R. Frick, H. H. Harms, W. Joest, H. Noack, K-D. Schmidt, G. F. Vicedom, H-D. Wendland, H. A. Wolff. Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1962. IV vols. DM. 285". Scottish Journal of Theology. 19 (2): 226–227. doi:10.1017/S0036930600002994.
  4. Erwin Fahlbusch, Jan M. Lochmann, John Mbiti, Jarosla von Pelikan, Lukas Vischer: Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon. Internationale theologische Enzyklopädie (= Digitale Bibliothek. 98). Directmedia Publishing, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89853-198-8 (electronic Resource: 1 CD-ROM).
  5. Kelly, J.F. (2000). "Review of the book The Encyclopedia of Christianity, vol. 1, A–D". Journal of Early Christian Studies. 8 (1): 107–108. doi:10.1353/earl.2000.0012.
  6. "The Encyclopedia of Christianity". Villanova University.
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