Background
Hengel, Martin was born on December 14, 1926 in Reutlingen, Germany. Son of Gottlob and Berta (Kistenmacher) Hengel.
(More happened in the period between Jesus and Paul, Profe...)
More happened in the period between Jesus and Paul, Professor Hengel argues, than in the whole of the next seven centuries, up to the time when the doctrine of the early church was completed. Certainly these decades are crucial to our understanding of the development of earliest Christianity. However, they are very much a "tunnel" period, and there is little to shed light on it. This volume does something to pierce the darkness. Among other issues, it considers the origins of the Christian mission, the role of the Hellenists, the reliability of Luke as a geographer when he is dealing with events in Palestine in the Acts of the Apostles, and the development of christological belief, particularly in Christian worship. Those familiar with Professor Hengel's work will know that they will find here a wealth of valuable insight based on painstaking examination of all available sources.
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(Characteristically scholarly examination of the origin an...)
Characteristically scholarly examination of the origin and authorship of the Fourth Gospel, within the context of the community to which it relates. Skilful detective work traces the trail back to a figure who witnessed the death of Jesus in Jerusalem.
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This volume conveniently collects together three related short studies by Professor Hengel, The Son of God, Crucifixion and The Atonement. Together they form an important introduction to the crucial period of Christian belief between the crucifixion of Jesus and the writings of Paul.
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(Judentum und Hellenismus: Studien zu ihrer Begegnung unte...)
Judentum und Hellenismus: Studien zu ihrer Begegnung unter besonderer Ber?cksichtigung Pal?stinas bis zur Mitte des 2. Jahrhunderts vor Christus
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(English summary: This new edition of Martin Hengel's clas...)
English summary: This new edition of Martin Hengel's classic Die Zeloten (ET The Zealots, 1989) makes a seminal work in the field of Ancient Judaism available again, in German, fifty years after its first appearance. The new edition contains the original text with corrections. An additional appendix by Roland Deines, one of Professor Hengel's students, describes the impact this book has had on the study of the Jewish freedom movement in the first century AD that led to the outbreak of the first Jewish revolt against Rome, and how the scholarly debate has developed since its initial publication. Die Zeloten represents the origin of Hengel's lifelong interest in Jewish messianism and the study of the messianic claims of Jesus. German description: Die vorliegende Neuauflage von Martin Hengels epochemachender Untersuchung uber die Zeloten und die judische Freiheitsbewegung im ersten nachchristlichen Jahrhundert ist auch 50 Jahre nach ihrem Erscheinen fur die Forschung noch immer unentbehrlich. In ihr wurde zum ersten Mal im Detail das Profil der vierten judischen Partei neben den Pharisaern, Sadduzaern und Essenern historisch und theologisch beschrieben. Hengel argumentierte, dass die treibende Kraft hinter dem judischen Aufstand gegen Rom nicht in erster Linie soziale Unruhen waren, sondern theologische Motive aus den judischen heiligen Schriften, die von den Zeloten in ein konkretes theo-politisches Programm mit messianischen Anspruchen weiterentwickelt wurden. Wer immer sich mit der judischen Geschichte des Heiligen Landes im 1. Jahrhundert unserer Zeitrechnung beschaftigt, kommt an diesem Werk nicht vorbei. Neben seiner Bedeutung fur die judische Geschichte stellt dieses Buch zugleich den Auftakt fur Hengels lebenslange Beschaftigung mit den judischen Messiaserwartungen und seinen Studien zum historischen Jesus und der Entstehung der Christologie dar.Die deutsche Neuauflage von 1976 ist seit langerem vergriffen. Noch zu Lebzeiten Martin Hengels und in Absprache mit dem Autor hat sich der Verlag daher entschieden, eine behutsam bearbeitete Neuauflage herauszubringen. Roland Deines skizziert in einem Nachwort die Wirkungsgeschichte des Buches, die durch es ausgelosten Kontroversen sowie den aktuellen Stand der Erforschung des judischen Aufstandes gegen Rom.Mit der Aufnahme dieses Titels ist nun das gesamte Werk von Martin Hengel bei Mohr Siebeck erhaltlich.
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(Here Professor Hengel argues with a wealth of documentati...)
Here Professor Hengel argues with a wealth of documentation that the traditional views of the origin and content of the Gospel of Mark have far more to be said for them than has been usually allowed by modern New Testament scholars. He argues that the tradition contained in the Gospel is that handed down by Peter through Mark, and that the Gospel was written in Rome in AD 69. The famous note by Papias quoted in Eusebius' Church History is not to be dismissed, but has every appearance of being reliable. Further evidence in support of this view can be found in a detailed consideration of the titles of the Gospels, which must have been attached to the Gospels at a very early stage, if only to identify them. An appendix, by the distinguished classical philologist Wolfgang Schadewaldt, on 'The Reliability of the Synoptic Tradition', is used to add further weight to the case. With his customary learning, Professor Hengel has produced a powerful argument which those who have held more radical views than his own will have to consider very carefully indeed if they are to continue to carry conviction. Martin Hengel was Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism in the University of Tubingen.
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Hengel, Martin was born on December 14, 1926 in Reutlingen, Germany. Son of Gottlob and Berta (Kistenmacher) Hengel.
Total harmonic distortion Tübingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1959. Habilitation, University Tübingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1967. Developmental dysplasia of the hip (honorary), St. Andrews University, Scotland, 1981.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Durham University, 1985. Developmental dysplasia of the hip (honorary), Cambridge University, 1989. DTheol. (honorary), University Uppsala, Sweden, 1979.
DTheol. (honorary), University Strasbourg, 1988. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Dublin, 2000.
Managing director, Hengella GmbH, Aalen, Federal Republic Germany, l953-54, 57-64; professor theology, U. Erlangen (Federal Republic Germany), l968-72; professor theology, U. Tübingen, 1972-1992; professor emeritus, U. Tübingen, since 1992.
(Here Professor Hengel argues with a wealth of documentati...)
(English summary: This new edition of Martin Hengel's clas...)
(More happened in the period between Jesus and Paul, Profe...)
(Characteristically scholarly examination of the origin an...)
(This volume conveniently collects together three related ...)
(Judentum und Hellenismus: Studien zu ihrer Begegnung unte...)
(Acts & the History of Earliest Christianity by Hengel, Ma...)
Fellow British Academy (correspondent). Member Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Roal Netherlands Academy Arts and Sciences (foreign mgm.).
Married Marianne Kistler, August 3, 1957.