Heinrich Holtzmann
Heinrich Julius Holtzmann (7 May 1832 – 4 August 1910),
German
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theologian
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, son of theologian Karl Julius Holtzmann (1804–1877), was born at
Karlsruhe
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, where his father ultimately became prelate and counsellor to the supreme
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(Evangelischer Oberkirchenrat) of the
Evangelical State Church in Baden
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He studied at
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, and eventually (1874) was appointed professor ordinarius at the
University of Strasbourg
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rector
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in 1878/79). A moderately liberal theologian, he became best known as a
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and
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, being the author of "''Die Synoptiker''" (Commentary on the Synoptics; 1889; 3rd ed., 1901), the "''Evangelium, Briefe und Offenbarung des Johannes''" (
Johannine books; 1890; 2nd ed., 1893), and the "''Apostelgeschichte''" (
Acts of the Apostles
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; 3rd ed., 1901), in the series "''Handkommentar zum Neuen Testament''".
On the question of the relationship of the
Synoptic Gospels
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, Holtzmann in his early work, "''Die synoptischen Evangelien, ihr Ursprung und geschichtlicher Charakter''" (The Synoptic Gospels: Their Origin and Historical Character),
presents a view which has been widely accepted, maintaining the priority of
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, deriving
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in its present form from Mark and from Matthew's earlier "collection of sayings", the ''
Logia
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'' of
Papias, and
Luke
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from Matthew and Mark in the form in which we have them. This view was a modified version of
Christian Weisse's hypothesis.
Other noteworthy works are:
* ''Lehrbuch der historisch-kritischen Einleitung in das Neue Testament'' (1885, 3rd ed., 1892).
* ''Lehrbuch der neutestamentlichen Theologie'' (2 volumes, 1896–97).
* ''Lexikon für Theologie und Kirchenwesen'' (1882; 3rd ed., 1895); in collaboration with
Richard Otto Zöpffel Richard Otto Zöpffel (14 June 1843 – 7 January 1891) was a Baltic German church historian and theologian born in Arensburg, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (today Kuressaare, Estonia).
He studied theology at the University of Dorpat, and ...
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Most widely held works by Heinrich Julius Holtzmann
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In 1893 he became editor of the "''Theologischer Jahresbericht''". Holtzmann died in Baden-Baden
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-Lichtental
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He married the daughter of Georg Weber. His daughter Adelheid
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(1866–1925) was a politician and women's rights
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activist. She married Gustav Steinmann
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References
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Holtzmann, Heinrich
In: Neue Deutsche Biographie
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(NDB). Band 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, , S. 560 f.
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1832 births
1910 deaths
Clergy from Karlsruhe
University of Strasbourg faculty
Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
19th-century German Protestant theologians
New Testament scholars
19th-century German male writers
German male non-fiction writers