Summary
Eduard Schweizer (1913–2006) was a Swiss New Testament scholar who taught at the University of Zurich for an extended period. He won the Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies in 1996.[1][2][3]
Biography edit
Schweitzer studied Protestant theology at the University of Marburg, the University of Zurich and the University of Basel; in these institutions he was a student of Rudolf K. Bultmann, H. Emil Brunner and Karl Barth. He received his degree in theology in 1938 and became a Protestant Pastor in Nesslau. From 1941 he taught New Testament studies at the University of Zurich (1941-1946), the University of Mainz (1946-1949) and the University of Bonn (1949-1950). In 1950 he was appointed to the New Testament chair of the University of Zurich, where he was Rector from 1964 to 1966; he also chaired the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas in 1969.[4][5]
He retired from teaching in 1979 and died in Zurich in 2006.
Works edit
- Jesus (1971)
- The Good News According to Mark ISBN 0-8042-0250-8
- The Good News According to Matthew
- The Good News According to Luke ISBN 0-664-22361-3
- The Church as the Body of Christ, 1964
- Church Order in the New Testament, 1979, ISBN 0-334-00224-9
- The Lord's Supper in the New Testament
- The Spirit of God (Holy Spirit ISBN 0-334-02051-4)
- A Theological Introduction to the New Testament ISBN 0-281-04602-6
References edit
- ^ Briscoe, Stuart, The Preacher's Commentary Series, Volumes 1-35: Genesis - Revelation, Thomas Nelson, 2010
- ^ Maclean, Iain S. Reconciliation, Nations and Churches in Latin America, Routledge, 2016
- ^ Jews, Greeks and Christians: Religious Cultures in Late Antiquity : Essays in Honor of William David Davies, Brill, 1976 page 245
- ^ "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". portal.dnb.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ^ "Schweizer, Eduard". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-03.