Background
He was born in Trondhjem as a son of customs officer Joseph Frantz Oscar Michelet (1832–1913) and Caroline Julie Laache (1833–1915). He grew up in Hidra and Trondhjem.
priest professor theologian translator
He was born in Trondhjem as a son of customs officer Joseph Frantz Oscar Michelet (1832–1913) and Caroline Julie Laache (1833–1915). He grew up in Hidra and Trondhjem.
He finished his secondary education in 1881, and decided to study theology.
He graduated with the candidate.theol. degree in 1887, and took the practical priest education in 1888. He also taught at the schools Aars og Voss and Trondhjem Cathedral School from 1887 to 1888. He studied further in Leipzig.
First history of religion and Indian languages, then the theology of the New Testament.
In 1894 he took the dr.theol. degree with the thesis Amos, oversat og fortolket on the Book of Amos. He worked as a teacher and priest until being appointed as a professor of theology in 1896.
He was also a dean of the Faculty of Theology, and finally retired in 1933. He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Publications include Fra Moses til profetene (1915), Fra profetene til Jesus Kristus (1919) and Kristendom og rationalisme (1927).
He also participated in a translation of the Old Testament. He also chaired the Student Christian Movement in Norway from 1899 to 1903 and 1914 to 1924. He edited their magazine Excelsior from 1904 to 1917.
He was also involved in social work.
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He was also an editorial board member of "Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift from 1900 to 1926.