Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette (1780-1849), scholar
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Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette (1780-1849) was a German scholar. A student of Johann Jakob Griesbach and Heinrich Paulus at the University of Jena, was professor at the University of Heidelberg. Renowned for his groundbreaking studies on the origins of the Pentateuch, gave an important contribution also to New Testament studies. Distinguished three theological strands in the New Testament: the Jewish-Christian (in the Synoptic Gospels, most of Acts, the letters of James, Peter and Jude, and the Apocalypse), the Alexandrian (in Hebrews and the Johannine Gospel and letters) and the Pauline. These represent three separate lines along which the message of Jesus was interpreted and developed.
Works
Books
- Beiträge zur Einleitung in das Testament = A Critical and Historical Introduction to the Canonical Scriptures of the Old Testatment (1808-09 De Witte), book
- Lehrbuch der historisch kritischen Einleitung in die kanonischen Bücher des Neuen Testaments (An Historico-Critical Introduction to the Canonical Books of the New Testament / 1826 De Wette), book
- Lehrbuch der historisch kritischen Einleitung in die kanonischen Bücher des Neuen Testament (An Historico-Critical Introduction to the Canonical Books of the New Testament / 1869 De Wette, Schrader), book
Biography
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