Editing Wilhelm Baum (historian)

{{Short description|Austrian historian, theologian and philosopher (born 1948)}}
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'''Wilhelm Baum''' (born 1948 in [[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]) is a German-Austrian [[historian]], [[theologian]], [[philosopher]] and [[publisher]].

== Biography ==
Wilhelm Baum studied [[history]], German language, and theology in [[Innsbruck]], [[Rome]], [[Mainz]] and [[Tübingen]] (two of his professors were [[Ernst Bloch]] and [[Hans Küng]]). In 1971 he became a [[Doctor of Philosophy|doctor of philosophy]] and in 1999 a [[Doctor of Theology|doctor of theology]] at [[Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz]]. In 1995, he taught medieval history at the [[University of Klagenfurt]] and in Graz.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wilhelm Baum - BBKL |url=https://www.bbkl.de/index.php/frontend/autor?id=83 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www.bbkl.de}}</ref>

Baum who lives in [[Klagenfurt]], [[Austria]], is the head of the [[publishing house]] Kitab-Verlag, which he founded in 1999. He's a [[International PEN|PEN club]] member.

== Bibliography ==
Baum wrote books about [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]] and [[Karl Popper]] (translated into  [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Slovene language|Slovene]]) and studied the history of [[Christianity]] in the [[Near East]] and in [[India]] ([[Assyrian Church of the East]] and the [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac Orthodox church]]). From an interest in [[minorities]] Baum also wrote books and articles about the history of Slovenes living in [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]].

== Books ==
The following of Baum's books were translated into English:
* {{Cite book|last1=Baum|first1=Wilhelm|last2=Winkler|first2=Dietmar W.|title=The Church of the East: A Concise History|year=2003|location=London-New York|publisher=Routledge-Curzon|isbn=9781134430192|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CnSCAgAAQBAJ}}
* ''[https://www.amazon.com/dp/1593332823 Shirin. Christian – Queen – Myth of Love. A woman of late antiquity – Historical reality and literary effect]'' (2004)
* [[Anton Kolig]] and [[Franz Wiegele (painter)|Franz Wiegele]]. The Austrian painters of the "Nötsch circle" and Vienna about 1900 (2005)

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