Emil Schürer (2 May 184420 April 1910) was a German

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theologian known mainly for his study of the history of the

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around the time of

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' ministry.

Biography

Schürer was born in Augsburg. After studying at the universities of

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and Heidelberg from 1862 to 1866, he became in 1873 professor ''extraordinarius'' at Leipzig. Later on, he served as professor ''ordinarius'' at the universities of

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(from 1878), Kiel (from 1890) and Göttingen (from 1895 to 1910). In 1876 he founded and edited th
''Theologische Literaturzeitung''
which he edited with Adolf von Harnack from 1881 to 1910. He died after a long illness in 1910 in Göttingen.

Works

His elaborate work on the history of the Jews in the time of Christ, ''Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi'' (1886–1890; 4th edition 1901–1909), made him one of the best known of modern German scholars in

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and the

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. The second edition was translated into English under the title ''A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ'' (1885–1891). Later, a revised English version of the work was created under the editorship of Géza Vermes, Fergus Millar and Matthew Black, with the slightly different title of ''The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ'' (1973–1987). In its earliest form, this work appeared as ''Lehrbuch der neutestamentlichen Zeitgeschichte'' (1874). His other works include: * ''Schleiermachers Religionsbegriff und die philosophischen Voraussetzungen desselben'' (1868) – Friedrich Schleiermacher's concept of religion and its philosophical presuppositions. * ''Die Gemeindeverfassung der Juden in Rom in der Kaiserzeit'' (1879) – The community rule of the Jews in Rome during the Imperial period.Schürer, Emil
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schuerer, Emil 1844 births 1910 deaths 19th-century German Protestant theologians 20th-century German Protestant theologians 19th-century German historians Writers from Augsburg 19th-century German male writers Academic staff of the University of Giessen Academic staff of Leipzig University Academic staff of the University of Kiel Academic staff of the University of Göttingen German male non-fiction writers