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Bernhard Weiss (20 June 182714 January 1918) was a German Protestant New Testament scholar. He was the father of Johannes Weiss and the painter, Hedwig Weiss.


Biography

Weiss was born at Königsberg. After studying theology at the University of Königsberg (Albertina),
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and Berlin, he became professor extraordinarius at Königsberg in 1852, and afterwards professor ordinarius at Kiel and Berlin. In 1880 he was made superior consistorial councillor of the Evangelical State Church of Prussia's older Provinces.


Literary production

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, 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 New Testament in the series of H.A.W. Meyer: he wrote the commentaries on
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(the 9th ed., 1897), Mark and
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(the 9th ed., 1901), John (the 9th ed., 1902), Romans (the 9th ed., 1899), the Epistles to Timothy and Titus (the 7th ed., 1902), Hebrews (the 6th ed., 1897), and the Epistles of John (the 6th ed., 1900). Weiss also established a new text of the Greek New Testament, which was utilized by Eberhard Nestle 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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Bernhard Weiss Bibliography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weiss, Bernhard 1827 births 1918 deaths People from the Province of Prussia 19th-century German Protestant theologians German biblical scholars New Testament scholars University of Königsberg alumni Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the University of Königsberg Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin 19th-century German male writers German male non-fiction writers