Müller, JULIUS

Müller, JULIUS, a German theologian, was born at Brieg, April 10, 1801, brother of Karl Ottfried Müller, the antiquary. He studied at Breslau and Göttingen, at first law, next theology, and after a severe mental struggle adopted opinions in religion opposed to those of the Rationalists. In 1825 he was appointed pastor at Schönbrunn, south of Breslau, in 1831 second university preacher in Göttingen, in 1834 extra-ordinary professor of Theology there, next year ordinary professor in Marburg, and in 1839 in Halle. Here he died, 27th September 1878. His reputation as a theologian chiefly rests upon his great work on sin, Die Christliche Lehre von der Sünde (Bresl. 1839; 6th ed. 1878). It was translated into English by W. Urwick (2 vols. 1868). Another work was Dogmatische Abhandlungen (1870). Müller, together with Neander and Nitzsch, edited from 1850 to 1861 the Deutsche Zeitschrift für Christliche Wissenschaft und Christliches Leben. There is a Life by Kähler (1878) and a study by Schultze (1879).