Henning Graf Reventlow, full name Henning Lothar Gert Count Reventlow (September 22, 1929 – September 9, 2010) was a

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

theologian,

Old Testament The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Isr ...

scholar and university professor.Profile
/ref> He wrote numerous books on religion. His book ''The Authority of the Bible and the Rise of the Modern World'' was translated into English by John Bowden and won the

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Works in English

* ''History of Biblical Interpretation'', Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009–2010. ** Vol. 1. ''From the Old Testament to Origen'', translated by Leo G. Perdue ** Vol. 2. ''From Late Antiquity to the End of the Middle Ages'', translated by James O. Duke ** Vol. 3. ''Renaissance, Reformation, Humanism'', translated by James O. Duke ** Vol. 4. ''From the Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century'', translated by Leo G. Purdue.

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20th-century German Protestant theologians German male non-fiction writers 1929 births 2010 deaths {{Germany-christian-theologian-stub