Hans Walter Wolff (December 17, 1911 – October 22, 1993) was a German

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theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

. He was professor at the

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from 1959 to 1967, and from 1967 to 1978 he was Professor of Old Testament at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

Selected works

* ''Amos the Prophet'' (1973) * ''The Old Testament: A Guide to Its Writings'' (1973) * ''Anthropology of the Old Testament'' (1974) * ''The Vitality of Old Testament Traditions'' (1975, with

Walter Brueggemann Walter Brueggemann (born March 11, 1933) is an American Protestant Old Testament scholar and theologian who is widely considered one of the most influential Old Testament scholars of the last several decades. His work often focuses on the Hebrew p ...

) * ''Hosea'' (1977) * ''Joel and Amos'' (1977) * ''Micah'' (1981) * ''Haggai'' (1990) * ''Obadiah and Jonah'' (1991)

Selected works

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