Günther Zuntz (28 January 1902 – 3 April 1992), German-English classical philologist, professor of Hellenistic Greek and Bible scholar. He obtained a D.Phil. from the

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in 1928 and was later a professor at the

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. Zuntz was born in

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in 1902. In 1933 he emigrated to England, because of racial persecutions. Zuntz examined the Greek text of the Pauline epistles.

Works

* * Zuntz, G. ''Persephone: Three Essays on Religion and Thought in Magna Graecia''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zuntz, Gunther 1902 births 1992 deaths German biblical scholars Scholars of Greek language German emigrants to England Academics of the University of Manchester University of Marburg alumni Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom