Gerhard Kittel

Gerhard Kittel
Born(1888-09-23)23 September 1888
Breslau, Prussia, German Empire
Died11 July 1948(1948-07-11) (aged 59)
Tübingen, Germany
Political partyNazi Party
Spouse
Hanna Untermeier
(m. 1914)
ParentRudolf Kittel
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Kiel[1]
ThesisDie Oden Salomos, überarbeitet oder einheitlich[1] (1912)
Doctoral advisorJohannes Leipoldt [arz; de][1]
Academic work
Discipline
Sub-disciplineNew Testament studies
School or traditionLutheranism
InstitutionsUniversity of Tübingen
Doctoral studentsWalter Grundmann[2]
Influenced

Gerhard Kittel (23 September 1888 – 11 July 1948) was a German Lutheran[1] theologian and lexicographer of biblical languages. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the Nazis[5] and an open antisemite.[6] He is known in the field of biblical studies for his Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament (Theological Dictionary of the New Testament).[7]

  1. ^ a b c d Gerdmar 2009, p. 419.
  2. ^ Head 2004, p. 71; Steinweis 2006, p. 66.
  3. ^ Challis, William (May 1979). "The Hand of God in the World". Third Way. Vol. 3, no. 5. London. p. 23. ISSN 0309-3492. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  4. ^ Ericksen 2004, p. 356.
  5. ^ Ericksen 2012, p. 8.
  6. ^ Ericksen 1985; Weinreich 1999.
  7. ^ Ericksen 1977, p. 596.