Bernhard Weiß (BerlLeben 1907-08 EFrankl)

Bernhard Weiss (20 June 182714 January 1918) was a German

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New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...

scholar. He was the father of

Johannes Weiss Johannes Weiss (December 13, 1863 – August 24, 1914) was a German Protestant theologian and biblical exegete. He was a member of the history of religions school. History Weiss was born in Kiel as son of Bernhard Weiss. A perpetual scholar, he ...

and the painter, Hedwig Weiss.

Biography

Weiss was born at

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. After studying

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at the

University of Königsberg The University of Königsberg (german: Albertus-Universität Königsberg) was the university of Königsberg in East Prussia. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant academy (after the University of Marburg) by Duke Albert of Prussi ...

(Albertina), Halle and

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, he became professor extraordinarius at Königsberg in 1852, and afterwards professor ordinarius at

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and Berlin. In 1880 he was made superior consistorial councillor of the

Evangelical State Church of Prussia's older Provinces The Prussian Union of Churches (known under multiple other names) was a major Protestant church body which emerged in 1817 from a series of decrees by Frederick William III of Prussia that united both Lutheran and Reformed denominations in Pru ...

Literary production

An opponent of the Tübingen School, he published a number of important works, which became well known to students in Great Britain and America. He was also the reviser of commentaries on the

in the series of H.A.W. Meyer: he wrote the commentaries on

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(the 9th ed., 1897),

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and

Luke People *Luke (given name), a masculine given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Luke (surname) (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke. Also known as ...

(the 9th ed., 1901),

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ...

(the 9th ed., 1902),

Romans Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

(the 9th ed., 1899), the Epistles to Timothy and

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(the 7th ed., 1902),

Hebrews The terms ''Hebrews'' (Hebrew: / , Modern: ' / ', Tiberian: ' / '; ISO 259-3: ' / ') and ''Hebrew people'' are mostly considered synonymous with the Semitic-speaking Israelites, especially in the pre-monarchic period when they were still no ...

(the 6th ed., 1897), and the

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(the 6th ed., 1900). Weiss also established a new text of the Greek

, which was utilized by

Eberhard Nestle Eberhard Nestle (1 May 1851, Stuttgart – 9 March 1913, Stuttgart) was a German biblical scholar, textual critic, orientalist, editor of the '' Novum Testamentum Graece'', and the father of Erwin Nestle. Life Nestle was a son of the upper t ...

for his

Novum Testamentum Graece (''The New Testament in Greek'') is a critical edition of the New Testament in its original Koine Greek, forming the basis of most modern Bible translations and biblical criticism. It is also known as the Nestle–Aland edition after its mos ...

. His other works include: *''Lehrbuch der biblischen Theologie des Neuen Testaments'' (1868, 9th ed., 1903; Eng. trans., 1883) *''Des Leben Jesu'' (1882, 4th ed. 1902; Eng. trans., 1883) *''Lehrbuch der Einleitung in des Neue Testament'' (1886; 3rd ed., 1897; Eng. trans. 1888) *''Das Neue Testament: Berichtigter Text'' (3 vols, 1902) *''Die Quellen des Lukasevangeliums'' (1907)

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External links

Bernhard Weiss Bibliography
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