10 October 1838 A.D. Theodor Zahn, the German Biblical scholar, was born on 10 October 1838 in Moers, Germany.
Digression one: Moers is a German city on the western bank of the Rhine. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel. It is the biggest city in Germany (and at present time
the only one with more than 100,000 inhabitants) that is neither an urban
district nor takes over district responsibilities.
Digression two: as a former Reformed Episcopalian, one of
our early leaders studied under Mr. (Dr. Prof.) Zahn. Robert Livingston Rudolph (December
29, 1865—September 16, 1930) was a bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church in the early twentieth century. But
back to Mr. Zahn.
Zahn, Theodor. Introduction
to the New Testament, Vol II (3rd
ed.). Minneapolis, MN: Klock and Klock,
1977. There are three volumes. This may be one of the finest New Testament
Introductions. It is a must-read. Volume 2 is available at: http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-New-Testament-Volume-2/dp/1313662909/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1376878710&sr=8-2&keywords=theodor+zahn
Theodor Zahn
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Theodor Zahn or Theodor von Zahn (Moers, 10 October 1838 - Erlangen, 5 March 1933) was a German biblical scholar.
Career
Zahn
was born in
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.[1][2] 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.[3] 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
Some of his more important writings are:
·
Marcellus of
Ancyra (1867)
·
Der Hirt des
Hermas untersucht (“The Shepherd of Hermas examined,”
1868)
·
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
·
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
2.
^ Bandstra, Andrew J. (2007). "Zahn, Theodor".
In Donald K. McKim. Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters (2nd ed.).
Downers Grove, Ill.: IVP Academic. pp. 1072–1076. ISBN 9780830829279.
3.
^ "Theodor Zahn". The
Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901-1950. Nobel
Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-04.[dead link]
External links
·
Kommentar zum Neuen Testament Zahn's New Testament Commentary series in Dr. B. A. Zuiddam's Tasmanian
study.
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