Jochen Klepper 1903 - 1942 Christian Poet and Witness in Troubled Times

A life guided by God through scripture: this was the vision of Christian poet, novelist and compulsive diary writer, Jochen Klepper. Living in Nazi Germany with his Jewish wife became increasingly troubled, and finally led to their untimely deaths in 1942. Yet Klepper continued to believe to the end that ‘the reality in which his life was lived was God’s reality, a reality that was mediated through the Bible, which was not just an ancient text, but a means by which the living God spoke, guided, judged, pardoned and commissioned.’ This book by leading biblical scholar John Rogerson, introduces the remarkable Jochen Klepper and his writing to an English speaking readership for the first time.