Oscar von Gebhardt

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Oscar Leopold von Gebhardt (22 June 1844 – 9 May 1906) was a German Lutheran theologian, born in the Baltic German settlement of Wesenberg in the Russian Empire (now Rakvere, Estonia).

He studied

University of Leipzig
.

He specialized in the field of

early Christian literature. He strongly believed in the independence of the librarian profession as an academic, but to be separate from the academic teaching profession.[1]

He published Karl Gottfried Wilhelm Theile's "Novum Testamentum Graece" (1875–1900) and "Das Neue Testament griechisch und deutsch" (fourth edition, 1896); edited "The Miniatures of the Ashburnham Pentateuch" (1883); with Adolf von Harnack, "Texte und Untersuchungen zur Gerschichte der altchristlichen Literatur" (1882–1905), a multi-volume series devoted to New Testament and patristic criticism; and with Harnack and Theodor Zahn, an edition of the Apostolic Fathers (1875–78).

Gebhardt died in Leipzig.

Works

  • Oscar von Gebhardt, Die Evangelien des Matthaeus und des Marcus aus dem Codex purpureus Rossanensis. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1883.
  • As editor: Novum Testamentum Graece: recensionis Tischendorfianae ultimae textum cum tregellesiano et Westcottio-Hortiano contulit et brevi adnotatione critica additisque locis parallelis (3rd edition 1886; original author: Constantin von Tischendorf).
  • Acta martyrum selecta: Ausgewählte Märtyreracten und andere Urkunden aus der Verfolgungszeit der christlichen Kirche, 1902 – Selected acts of martyrs and other documents from the period of persecution of the Christian church.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Gebhardt, Oskar Leopold at Deutsche Biographie
  2. ^ HathiTrust Digital Library published works

External links

  • Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek
  • "Oscar von Gebhardt". Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German).
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