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| ⚫ | '''Hugo Gressmann''' (21 March 1877 – 6 April 1927) was a prominent Old Testament scholar in Protestant Germany and a friend and associate of the eminent scholar [[Hermann Gunkel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/245859/Hugo-Gressmann|title=Hugo Gressmann | German religious scholar}}</ref> He was a member of the [[history of religions school]]. |
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==Early life== |
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He was born on 21 March 1877 in [[Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein|Mölln]], in the [[Province of Schleswig-Holstein]]. |
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Gressmann carried over the work of Gunkel in which he used the Gattungsgeschichte method of Biblical study (otherwise known as [[Form Criticism]]) and applied it to the books of Exodus, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings, in the Old Testament.<ref>Clements, R. E. ''A Century of Old Testament Study'' (Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 1994), 16.</ref> |
Gressmann carried over the work of Gunkel in which he used the ''Gattungsgeschichte'' method of Biblical study (otherwise known as [[Form Criticism]]) and applied it to the books of Exodus, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings, in the Old Testament.<ref>Clements, R. E. ''A Century of Old Testament Study'' (Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 1994), 16.</ref> |
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He took a traditio-historical approach in examining these passages, aiming to examine individual units so as to glean from them their original setting and purpose. |
He took a traditio-historical approach in examining these passages, aiming to examine individual units so as to glean from them their original setting and purpose. |
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==Death== |
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Gressmann died on 6 April 1927 in [[Chicago]].<ref>http://www.britannica.com, op. cit.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 23:34, 17 March 2022
Hugo Gressmann (21 March 1877 – 6 April 1927) was a prominent Old Testament scholar in Protestant Germany and a friend and associate of the eminent scholar Hermann Gunkel.[1] He was a member of the history of religions school.
Early life
[edit]He was born on 21 March 1877 in Mölln, in the Province of Schleswig-Holstein.
Gattungsgeschichte method
[edit]Gressmann carried over the work of Gunkel in which he used the Gattungsgeschichte method of Biblical study (otherwise known as Form Criticism) and applied it to the books of Exodus, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings, in the Old Testament.[2]
He took a traditio-historical approach in examining these passages, aiming to examine individual units so as to glean from them their original setting and purpose.
Conflict with the ideas of Wellhausen
[edit]Gressmann was significant in that he disagreed with the ideas of Julius Wellhausen, another eminent Biblical scholar, on the dates of the Decalogue (more commonly known as the Ten Commandments). Whereas Wellhausen placed the date at a relatively late stage in the history of Israel, Gressmann argued that, as they bore no evidence of having been influenced by Canaan, they must have been composed at a far earlier stage in Israel's history. Furthermore, he argued that they were older than the Prophets.[3]
Death
[edit]Gressmann died on 6 April 1927 in Chicago.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hugo Gressmann | German religious scholar".
- ^ Clements, R. E. A Century of Old Testament Study (Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 1994), 16.
- ^ Clements, op. cit., 17.
- ^ http://www.britannica.com, op. cit.
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