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
  • Old Testament Theology (1962-1965 Rad), book (English ed.)
  • Théologie de l'Ancien Testament (1967 Rad), book (French ed.)
• Weisheit in Israel <German> (Neukirchen-Vluyn 1970)
  • Wisdom in Israel, tr. James D. Martin (Nashville 1972)

References

Dictionaries, encyclopedias

• Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters (1998 McKim), edited volume

External links

• Wikipedia / Wikipedia.de