- Hermann Schultz
Hermann Schultz (
December 30 ,1836 -May 15 ,1903 ), GermanProtestant theologian, was born atLüchow inHanover .Education
He studied at Göttingen and Erlangen, became professor at Basel in 1864, and eventually (1876) "professor ordinarius" at Göttingen. Here he also held the appointments of chief university preacher, councillor to the consistory (from 1881) and abbot of Bursfelde (1890).
Religious position
Professor Schultz's theological standpoint was that of a moderate liberal. "It is thought by many that he has succeeded in discovering the "via media" between the positions of Biblical scholars like Delitzsch on the one hand and Stade on the other" (Prof. JA Paterson). He was well known to British and American students as the author of an excellent work on "Old Testament Theology" (2 vols., 1869, 5th ed., 1896; Eng. trans., 2nd ed., 1805).
Divinity of Christ
In his work on the doctrine of the Divinity of
Christ ("Die Lehre von der Gottheit Christi", 1881) he followed the method of Ritschl, and contended that the deity of Christ ought to be understood as the expression of the experience of the Christian community. In his own person and work Christ represents to the community a personal revelation ofGod . Faith in the divinity of Christ does not rest upon a miracle in nature, but upon a miracle in the moral world.chultz's other works
*"Die Stellung des christl. Glaubens zur heiligen Schrift" (1876; 2nd ed., 1877)
*"Lehre vom heiligen Abendmahl" (1886)
*"Grundriss der evang. Dogmatik" (1890; 2nd ed., 1892)
*"Grundriss der evang. Ethik" (2nd ed., 1897)
*"Grundriss der christl. Apologetik" (2nd ed., 1902).References
*1911
External links
* [http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/SAR_SCY/SCHULTZ_HERMANN_1836_.html Article on Hermann Schultz in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica]
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