Johann Albrecht Bengel (M / Germany, 1687-1752), scholar

Johann Albrecht Bengel

Johann Albrecht Bengel (1687-1752) was a German NT scholar, Lutheran pietist, clergyman.

Bengel began his studies at Tubingen. He was appointed professor in charge of a theological training school at Denkendorf in 1713 and remained there for twenty-eight years. During this time he produced his most important works--a Greek text of the New Testament with an Apparatus criticus (1734) and his Gnomon Novi Testamenti (1742). Other works by Bengel include Erkrte Offenbarung Johannis (1740; Eng. transl. by John Robertson, London, 1757), Ordo temporum (1741), and Cyclus sive de anno magno consideratio (1745).

Works

Books

• Novum Testamentum graecum (1734 Bengel), book
• Gnomon Novi Testamenti (1742 Bengel), book
  • Gnomon; oder, Zeiger des Neuen Testaments (1853-1854 Bengel), book (German ed.)
  • Gnomon of the New Testament (1858-1860 Bengel), book (English ed.)

Biography

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References

• William Baird, in History of New Testament Research: 1. From Deism to Tübingen (1992 Baird), book / pp. 69-80
• Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters (1998 McKim), edited volume
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