Johann Christian Schöttgen (

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, 14 March 1687-

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, 16 December 1751) was a German biblical scholar. He is mainly known for his ''Horae Ebraicae et Talmudicae in universum Novum Testamentum'' (1733) which follows on the model of

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's use of

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insights for commentary on the

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. Much of Schoettgen's work was expanded by Paul Billerbeck for Strack's ''Kommentar'' (1926). Among English readers influenced by Schöttgen's argument for Messianism in early Judaism outside the Bible was

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.David William Bebbington ''The mind of Gladstone: religion, Homer, and politics'' p34

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schottgen, Johann Christian German biblical scholars 1687 births 1751 deaths People from Wurzen