Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette (1780-1849), scholar

Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette (1780-1849) was a German scholar.

Biography

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 on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Einleitung in das Neue Testament (An Historico-Critical Introduction to the Canonical Books of the New Testament / 1826 De Wette), book
  • An Historico-Critical Introduction to the Canonical Books of the New Testament = Einleitung in das Neue Testament (1858 @1826 De Witte / Frothingham), book (English ed.)

References

• William Baird, in History of New Testament Research: 1. From Deism to Tübingen (1992 Baird), book / pp. 221-229

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

External links

• BBKL.de
• Wikipedia / Wikipedia.de