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Hans Frei | |
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| Born | Hans Wilhelm Frei April 29, 1922 Breslau, Lower Silesia, Germany |
| Died | September 12, 1988 (aged 66) New Haven, Connecticut, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse |
Geraldine Nye (m. 1948) |
| Parent | Wilhelm Siegmund Frei |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Doctoral advisor | H. Richard Niebuhr |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | |
| Sub-discipline | |
| School or tradition | Postliberal theology |
| Institutions | Yale University |
| Notable works | The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative (1974) |
| Influenced | |
Hans Wilhelm Frei (April 29, 1922 – September 12, 1988) was an American biblical scholar and theologian who is best known for work on biblical hermeneutics. Frei's work played a major role in the development of postliberal theology (also called narrative theology or the Yale school of theology). His best-known and most influential work is his 1974 book, The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative (Yale University Press), which examined the history of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century biblical hermeneutics in England and Germany. Frei spent much of his career teaching at Yale Divinity School.
- ^ Adiprasetya, Joas (2005). "George A. Lindbeck and Postliberal Theology". Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Modern Western Theology. Boston: Boston University. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- ^ Köstenberger, Andreas J. (1998). "Aesthetic Theology—Blessing or Curse? An Assessment of Narrative Theology". Faith and Mission. 15 (2): 27ff.