Gerhard von Rad (1901-1971), scholar
Gerhard von Rad (1901-1971) was a German scholar.
Biography
Lutheran pastor. After teaching at Jena and Göttingen, serves as professor at Heidelberg from 1949 to his death. Pioneer, with Martin Noth, of the traditional-historical approach to biblical studies. While concentrating on the Old Testament, his work and methodology significantly affected also Second Temple Jewish Studies.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
- Theologie des Alten Testament (1957-1960 Rad), book
- Weisheit in Israel <German> (Neukirchen-Vluyn 1970)
- Wisdom in Israel, tr. James D. Martin (Nashville 1972)