Jeremias Gotthelf: Historisch-kritische Gesamtausgabe (HKG)

During his time as a curate and his early period as pastor in Lützelflüh, Albert Bitzius wrote out fair copies, and sometimes drafts, of his sermons. Over 500 sermons, including sermons for the annual Day of Prayer, and other specific occasions were archived in this way by the curate and later pastor. Only three sermons were published in Gotthelf’s own lifetime and even the previously most comprehensive edition offers only a small proportion of the surviving texts. Almost all these texts will now appear in a new four-volume edition. An edition of the lists of sermons also offers insights into the preaching of Pastor Bitzius which does not survive in written form. A volume of commentary will interpret the content of the sermons.