Ein Tag in Capernaum (1872 Delitzsch), novel

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Ein Tag in Capernaum <German> / A Day in Caparnaum (1872) is a novel by Franz Julius Delitzsch.

Abstract

A historical novel by the distinguished theologian, scholar and Hebraist at the University of Leipzig, who sought to sketch, in a realistic manner, a day of Jesus’ ministry in Capernaum. An early example of a genre which would be then pursued by other scholars, as a way to illustrate and popularize their work.

Editions

Translated into English by John Gottllieb Morris in 1873 and then by George H. Schodde in 1887.