Eduard Schweizer (1913–2006) was a
Swiss
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New Testament
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scholar who taught at the
University of Zurich for an extended period. He won the
Burkitt Medal The Burkitt Medal is awarded annually by the British Academy "in recognition of special service to Biblical Studies". Awards alternate between Hebrew Bible studies (odd years) and New Testament studies (even years). It was established in 1923 and ...
for Biblical Studies in 1996.
Biography
Schweitzer studied Protestant theology at the
University of Marburg, the
University of Zurich and the
University of Basel
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; in these institutions he was a student of
Rudolf K. Bultmann,
H. Emil Brunner and
Karl Barth. He received his degree in theology in 1938 and became a protestant Pastor in
Nesslau
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The current municipality was formed in 2013 and includes the villages of Nesslau, Krummenau and Stein.
History
The area was incorporated into the d ...
. From 1941 he taught New Testament studies at the University of Zurich (1941-1946), the
University of Mainz (1946-1949) and the
University of Bonn (1949-1950). In 1950 he was appointed to the New Testament chair of the University of Zurich, where he was Rector from 1964 to 1966; he also chaire the
Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas in 1969.
He retired from teaching in 1979 and died in Zurich in 2006.
Works
*''Jesus'' (1971)
*''The Good News According to Mark''
*''The Good News According to Matthew''
*''The Good News According to Luke''
*''The Church as the Body of Christ'', 1964
*''Church Order in the New Testament'', 1979,
*''The Lord's Supper in the New Testament''
*''The Spirit of God'' (Holy Spirit )
*''A Theological Introduction to the New Testament''
References
Swiss Christian theologians
Swiss biblical scholars
1913 births
2006 deaths
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