Theodor Zahn or Theodor von Zahn (10 October 1838 in Moers – 5 March 1933 in Erlangen) was a German Protestant theologian, a biblical scholar. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.[1]
Theodor von Zahn | |
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 Theodor von Zahn, c. 1908. | |
| Born | October 10, 1838 |
| Died | March 5, 1933 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation(s) | Theologian New Testament scholar |
Career
editZahn was born in Moers of the Rhineland, Prussia (now Germany). After studying at Basel, Erlangen and Berlin, he became professor of theology in the University of Göttingen in 1871. He filled a similar chair at Kiel in 1877, at Erlangen in 1878, at Leipzig in 1888 and in 1892 returned to Erlangen.[2][3] He was distinguished for his eminent scholarship, especially in connection with the New Testament canon. He stood at the head of the conservative New Testament scholarship of his time. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902, 1904 and 1908.[4] Theologically, Zahn was conservative and approached New Testament theology from the perspective of a theological emphasis called Heilsgeschichte (usually translated into English as "Salvation History").
Works
editSome of his more important writings are:
- Marcellus of Ancyra (1867)
- Der Hirt des Hermas untersucht ("The Shepherd of Hermas examined", 1868)
- Ignatius von Antiochien (1873)
- Patrum Apostolicorum Opera (1875–78; fifth edition, 1905)
- The Acts of Saint John (1880)
- Forschungen zur Geschichte des neutestamentlichen Kanons und der altkirchlichen Litteratur (eight volumes, 1881–1908)
- Cyprian of Antioch and the German Story of Faust (1882)
- Geschichte des neutestamentlichen Kanons ("Researches into the history of the New Testament canon", two volumes, 1889–92)
- Das apostolische Symbolum (1892; English translation, The Apostles' Creed, 1899)
- The Gospel of Peter (1893)
- Einleitung in das neue Testament (two volumes, 1897–1900; third edition, 1906–07; English translation, Introduction to the New Testament, three volumes, 1909)
- Brot und Salz aus Gottes Wort, 20 sermons, (1901; English translation, Bread and Salt from the Word of God, 1905)
- Grundriss der Geschichte des neutestamentlichen Kanons ("Outline of the history of the New Testament canon", 1901; second edition, 1904)
- Das Evangelium des Lucas (1912)
References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Zahn, Theodor". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
Notes
edit- ^ "Nomination Database". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.
- ^ Bandstra, Andrew J. (2007). "Zahn, Theodor". In Donald K. McKim (ed.). Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters (2nd ed.). Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP Academic. pp. 1072–1076. ISBN 9780830829279.
- ^ "Theodor Zahn". The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901-1950. Nobel Foundation. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
External links
edit- Kommentar zum Neuen Testament Zahn's New Testament Commentary series in Dr. B. A. Zuiddam's Tasmanian study.
- "Theodor Zahn". Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German).