Theodor Zahn
Theodor Zahn or Theodor von Zahn was a German Protestant theologian, a biblical scholar. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.Career
Zahn was born in Rhineland, Prussia. After studying at Basel, Erlangen and Berlin, he became professor of theology in the University of Göttingen in 1871. He filled a similar chair at Kiel in 1877, at Erlangen in 1878, at Leipzig in 1888 and in 1892 returned to Erlangen. He was distinguished for his eminent scholarship, especially in connection with the New Testament canon. He stood at the head of the conservative New Testament scholarship of his time. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902, 1904 and 1908.
Theologically, Zahn was conservative and approached New Testament theology from the perspective of a theological emphasis called Heilsgeschichte.Works
Some of his more important writings are:
- Marcellus of Ancyra
- Der Hirt des Hermas untersucht
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- Patrum Apostolicorum Opera
- The Acts of Saint John
- Forschungen zur Geschichte des neutestamentlichen Kanons und der altkirchlichen Litteratur
- Cyprian of Antioch and the German Story of Faust
- Geschichte des neutestamentlichen Kanons
- Das apostolische Symbolum
- The Gospel of Peter
- Einleitung in das neue Testament
- Brot und Salz aus Gottes Wort, 20 sermons,
- Grundriss der Geschichte des neutestamentlichen Kanons
- Das Evangelium des Lucas
