Johann Gottfried Eichhorn (1752-1827), scholar

Johann Gottfried Eichhorn

Johann Gottfried Eichhorn (1752-1827) was a German scholar, Protestant theologian of Enlightenment and early Orientalist. Professor of oriental languages at the University of Jena (1775-1788) and Göttingen (1788-1827). Credited as one of the fathers of modern Biblical criticism. Author of the first critical introduction to the Old Testament Apocrypha.

Works

Books

• Historische Untersuchung über den Kanon des alten Testaments (Historical Study of the Canon of the Old Testament / 1799 Eichhorn), book

• Einleitung ins Alte Testament (Introduction to the Old Testament / 1780-83 Eichhorn), book
  • Inleiding in het Oude Testament = Einleitung ins Alte Testament (Introduction to the Old Testament / 1784-85 Eichhorn / Hamelsveld), book (Dutch ed.)
  • Introduction to the Study of the Old Testament = Einleitung ins Alte Testament (1888 Eichhorn), book (English ed.)

• Commentarius in Apocalypsin Joannis (1791 Eichhorn), book

• Einleitung in die apokryphischen Schriften des Altes Testaments (1795 Eichhorn), book

• Einleitung in das Neue Testament (1804-1812 Eichhorn), book

Book series, journals

• Repertorium für Biblische und Morgenländische Literatur (1777-1786)
• Allgemeine Bibliothek der Biblischen Literatur (1787-1801)

Biography

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References

• William Baird, in History of New Testament Research: 1. From Deism to Tübingen (1992 Baird), book / pp. 148-153
• Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters (1998 McKim), edited volume
• BBKL.de