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Born December 18, 1725 • Germany
Died March 14, 1791 (aged 65) • Halle • Germany
Subjects Of Study Bible • canon • rationalism • religion
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David Friedrich Strauss
German philosopher
Johann Jakob Griesbach
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Martin Luther
Martin Luther
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Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
German theologian
Walther Eichrodt
German biblical scholar
Johann Gerhard
German theologian
J.A. Bengel
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St. Irenaeus
bishop of Lyon
Marie-Joseph Lagrange
French theologian
Henry Wheeler Robinson
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George Foot Moore
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Louis Cappel
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Alfred Bertholet
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Rudolf Otto
Rudolf Otto
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Rudolf Bultmann
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Ferdinand Christian Baur
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Konstantin von Tischendorf
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Hermann Gunkel
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