Henning Graf Reventlow, full name Henning Lothar Gert Count Reventlow (September 22, 1929 – September 9, 2010) was a

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Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

theologian,

Old Testament The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...

scholar and university professor.Profile
/ref> He wrote numerous books on religion. His book ''The Authority of the Bible and the Rise of the Modern World'' was translated into English by John Bowden and won the

Schlegel-Tieck Prize The Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation is a literary translation award given by the Society of Authors in London. Translations from the German original into English are considered for the prize. The value of the prize is £3,000.

Works in English

* ''History of Biblical Interpretation'', Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009–2010. ** Vol. 1. ''From the Old Testament to Origen'', translated by Leo G. Perdue ** Vol. 2. ''From Late Antiquity to the End of the Middle Ages'', translated by James O. Duke ** Vol. 3. ''Renaissance, Reformation, Humanism'', translated by James O. Duke ** Vol. 4. ''From the Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century'', translated by Leo G. Purdue.

References

20th-century German Protestant theologians German male non-fiction writers 1929 births 2010 deaths {{Germany-christian-theologian-stub