Alexander Buttmann (1813-1893), scholar

Alexander Buttmann (1813-1893) was a German scholar.

Biography

Classical philologist. Teacher in a secondary school on Potsdam. Edited several editions of a Greek grammar first authored by his father, Philipp Buttmann (1764-1829).

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Emphasized the differences between classical Greek and NT Greek.

Books

• Grammatik des Neutestamentlichen Sprachgebrauchs (1859 Buttmann), book
  • A Grammar of the New Testament Greek (1873 Buttman/Thayer), book (English ed.)

References

• William Baird, in History of New Testament Research: 2. From Jonathan Edwards to Rudolf Bultmann (2003 Baird), book / p.184

External links

• Wikipedia.de