Hans Wilhelm Frei

Background

Frei, Hans Wilhelm was born on April 29, 1922 in Breslau, Germany. Came to the United States, 1938. Son of Wilhelm Sigmund and Magda (Frankfurther) Frei.

Education

Bachelor of Science, North Carolina State University, 1942. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale University, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1956.

Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Wabash College, 1979.

Career

Minister, First Baptist Church, North Stratford, N.H., 1945-1947; assistant professor religion, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, 1950-1953; associate professor theology, Episcopal Theological Seminary of Southwest, Austin, Texas, 1953-1956; professor, Episcopal Theological Seminary of Southwest, 1956-1957; assistant professor religious studies, Yale University, New Haven, 1957-1963; associate professor, Yale University, 1963-1974; professor, Yale University, since 1974; department chairman religious studies, Yale University, 1983-1986; master, Ezra Stiles College, Yale University, 1972-1980.

Achievements

• Hans Wilhelm Frei has been listed as a noteworthy religious studies educator, minister by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Identity of Jesus Christ

    (This original, seminal, and subtle statement of Christolo...)

  • The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative: A Study in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hermeneutics

    (Meaning is Constituted in the Narrative!)

  • The Identity of Jesus Christ, Expanded and Updated Edition: The Hermeneutical Bases of Dogmatic Theology

    (This is a book about Jesus of Nazareth. It is not a book ...)

  • The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative: A Study in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hermeneutics by Hans W. Frei (1980-09-10)
  • By Hans W. Frei - Identity of Jesus Christ (1975-12-16) Hardcover
  • Eclipse of Biblical Narrative: A Study in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hermeneutics
  • By Hans W. Frei - The Identity of Jesus Christ, Expanded and Updated Edition: The H (Exp Upd) (2013-12-04) Paperback
  • The Identity of Jesus Christ by Hans W. Frei (1997-09-01)
  • The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative: A Study in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hermeneutics Paperback September 10, 1980
  • The Identity of Jesus Christ: The Hermeneutical Bases of Dogmatic Theology by Mike Higton (Foreword), Hans W. Frei (19-Nov-2013) Paperback
  • The Identity of Jesus Christ

Membership

Fellow American Association Theological Schools. Member American Academy Religion (president New England section 1982-1983), Duodecim Theological Society, The Biblical Theologians.

Connections

Married Geraldine Frost Nye, October 9, 1948. Children– Thomas W., Jonathan G., Emily E.

Father:

Wilhelm Sigmund Frei

Mother:

Magda (Frankfurther) Frei

Spouse:

Geraldine Frost Nye

child:

Jonathan G. Frei

child:

Emily E. Frei

child:

Thomas W. Frei