Isaac Olsen – lærer og forkynner

Skjelmo, Randi; Willumsen, Liv Helene

doi:10.18261/issn.1894-3195-2017-01-05

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“…Thomas von Westen was appointed to lead the mission work among the Sámi population in Finnmark and was installed in his position in 1716. 31 However, the very first teacher and catechist in Finnmark was Isaac Olsen, who came to the region just after 1700. 32 It is vital to bear in mind that the court records stem from a legal trial.…”

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The Witchcraft Trial against Anders Poulsen, Vadsø 1692: Critical Perspectives

Willumsen¹

2022

Religions Around the Arctic: Source Criticism and Comparisons

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The Witchcraft Trial against Anders Poulsen, Vadsø 1692: Critical Perspectives

Willumsen¹

2022

Religions Around the Arctic: Source Criticism and Comparisons

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“…Derfor vil jeg understreke at denne artikkelens empiriske grunnlag, nemlig Isaac Olsens håndskrevne kopibok som en totalitet, aldri har vaert behandlet i noen forskningssammenheng tidligere. 7 Dette gjør at en del av kopibokens mange fasetter er blitt borte i foreliggende forskning. Jeg vil i denne artikkelen saerlig løfte fram de refleksjonene Isaac Olsen gjør seg om sin rolle som laerer og forkynner.…”

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Isaac Olsens kopibok som kulturuttrykk på tidlig 1700-tall

Willumsen

2017

1700

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Isaac Olsen's Copy Book as a Cultural Expression of the Early Eighteenth Century.This article deals with a copy book written by Isaac Olsen, dating from the early eighteenth century. Isaac Olsen was a teacher and catechist working among the Sami people in the region of Finnmark, Northern Norway. He was a predecessor of the Sami missionary Thomas von Westen. Isaac Olsen left a handwritten copy book of nearly 1000 pages, today preserved in The Museum of Cultural History in Oslo, Norway. The copy book is a compilation of documents related to Isaac Olsen’s work and person. Most of the documents are written in his own hand, but the book also contains documents written by governmental officials such as regional governors and provosts, and even the king in Copenhagen. The article focuses on the voices that may be heard in the texts contained in Isaac Olsen’s copy book: the pedagogical voice, the religious voice, the voice of popular culture, the voices of state officials. Attention is also paid to the contemporary practice of writing and the practice of professional copying. Isaac Olsen’s copy book, which dates from the early 1700s, is seen as a valuable historical source that may give insight into the mental horizon of an individual as well as knowledge about the society in which he lived.

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“…Han hadde selv laert seg det samiske språk, både muntlig og skriftlig. 23 Når han nå fulgte med von Westen tilbake til Trondheim, var det for å virke som misjonsmedarbeider og språklaerer. Et saerlig ansvar var han tiltenkt når det gjaldt å oversette religiøse tekster til samisk, samenes morsmål.…”

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Fire tekststykker knyttet til samemisjonæren Thomas von Westen 1716-1723

Skjelmo

2017

1700

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Four Texts Concerning Thomas von Westen's Mission among the Sámi 1716-1723.Thomas von Westen (1682-1727) was responsible for a mission concerning the Sámi population in Norway in the early Eighteenth-Century. The mission was initiated by the Danish-Norwegian King Frederik 4th and the Society for Promoting Lutheran Christianity in Copenhagen 1715. von Westen wrote a significant number of documents concerning the mission. These documents comprise instructions, reports, public correspondence, personal letters and statements. This article concerns four of these texts; a letter to the parish that von Westen worked in when he was appointed leader of missionary work (1716), a letter to the Society for Promoting Lutheran Christianity (1718), the Nærøy manuscript (1723) and finally a letter concerning the establishment of connections to ecclesiastical authorities in Swedish Lapland (1723). Thomas von Westen’s writings reflect his engagement in the mission, his preaching and how he introduced Christianity to the Sámi people by guiding them to personal consciousness and public confession. His documents reflect both his own ambitions and the public interest in the missionary work.

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Isaac Olsen – lærer og forkynner

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The Witchcraft Trial against Anders Poulsen, Vadsø 1692: Critical Perspectives

The Witchcraft Trial against Anders Poulsen, Vadsø 1692: Critical Perspectives

Isaac Olsens kopibok som kulturuttrykk på tidlig 1700-tall

Fire tekststykker knyttet til samemisjonæren Thomas von Westen 1716-1723

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