Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld
German Protestant theologian
About Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld
Lived 1823 – 1907 (aged 83). Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld was a German writer, university teacher and protestant theologian.
Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld (2 June 182312 January 1907) was a German Protestant theologian.
Biography He was born at Stappenbeck near Salzwedel in the Province of Saxony. His father and grandfather were pastors.
On the whole, however, he modified the positions of the founder of the Tübingen school, going beyond him only in his investigations into the Fourth Gospel. In 1858 he became editor of the Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Theologie. Hilgenfeld died in Jena in 1907, aged 83.
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German Protestant theologian (1823–1907)
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Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld was born on 2 June 1823 in Stappenbeck.
When did Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld die?
Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld died on 12 January 1907 in Jena.
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Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld was a writer, university teacher and protestant theologian.
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Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld was German.
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