Emil Schürer

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Emil Schürer.

Emil Schürer (2 May 1844 – 20 April 1910) was a German

Protestant theologian known mainly for his study of the history of the Jews around the time of Jesus
' ministry.

Biography

Schürer was born in

Kiel (from 1890) and Göttingen (from 1895 to 1910).[1] In 1876 he founded and edited the Theologische Literaturzeitung, which he edited with Adolf von Harnack from 1881 to 1910. He died after a long illness in 1910 in Göttingen.[2]

Works

His elaborate work on the history of the

Christ, Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi (1886–1890; 4th edition 1901–1909), made him one of the best known of modern German scholars in Great Britain and the United States.[2] The second edition was translated into English under the title A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ (1885–1891). Later, a revised English version of the work was created under the editorship of Géza Vermes, Fergus Millar and Matthew Black, with the slightly different title of The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (1973–1987).[3] In its earliest form, this work appeared as Lehrbuch der neutestamentlichen Zeitgeschichte (1874).[4]

His other works include:

References

  1. ^ Prof. Dr. phil. et Lic. theol. Emil Johannes Schürer Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig
  2. ^ a b  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Schürer, Emil". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 386.
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  4. ^ Chisholm 1911.
  5. ^ Schürer, Emil de.Wikisource (bibliography)

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