Background
Kraeling, Carl Herman was born on March 10, 1897 in Brooklyn. Son of Review Emil Conrad Johannes and Clara Mathilda (Maus) Kraeling.
(Kraeling's treatment of the ancient figure known as the "...)
Kraeling's treatment of the ancient figure known as the "Anthropos" remains a challenging read even after several decades. Surveying Hellenistic, Gnostic, Manichean, Mandean, and Jewish sources, the author suggests a ubiquitous character known as the Anthropos was used in the New Testament to characterize aspects of Christ.
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(Kraeling's treatment of the ancient figure known as the "...)
Kraeling's treatment of the ancient figure known as the "Anthropos" remains a challenging read even after several decades. Surveying Hellenistic, Gnostic, Manichean, Mandean, and Jewish sources, the author suggests a ubiquitous character known as the Anthropos was used in the New Testament to characterize aspects of Christ.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1606083066/?tag=2022091-20
Kraeling, Carl Herman was born on March 10, 1897 in Brooklyn. Son of Review Emil Conrad Johannes and Clara Mathilda (Maus) Kraeling.
Graduate Brooklyn Polytechnic Preparatory School, 1914. Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Columbia, 1918, Doctor of Philosophy, 1927. Bachelor of Divinity, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1926.
Student of University Pennsylvania, 1919-1921, Union Theological Seminary, 1922-1923.
Doctor Theological magna cum laude, U. Heidelberg, Germany, 1935. Honorary private Master of Arts, Yale, 1941.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Hebrew Union College, 1957.
Ordained to ministry Lutheran Church, 1920. Successively fellow, instructor, assistant professor, Lutheran Theological Seminary, 1920-1929. Assistant professor, associate professor, Division School, Yale, 1929-1941, Buckingham professor New Testament criticism and interpretation, 1941-1950, department chairman Near Eastern languages and literature, 1947-1950.
Professor oriental archeology University of Chicago, 1950-1962, professor emeritus, since 1962, director Oriental Institute, 1950-1960.
Annual professor American Schools Oriental Research, Jerusalem, 1934-1935. Henri Focillon scholar charge of research Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.
Harvard, 1946-1947, member board scholars, since 1947, visiting scholar, since 1963. President American Schools Oriental Research, 1948-1954.
(Kraeling's treatment of the ancient figure known as the "...)
(Kraeling's treatment of the ancient figure known as the "...)
Member and chairman grants-in-aid committee American Council Learned Societies, 1942-1949. Member Society Biblical Literature, American Oriental Society (secretary-treasurer 1935-1938, president 1958-1959), American Philosophical Society, Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa:.
Married Elsie Anna Dittmer, September 6, 1923. Children: Ruth, Doris, Robert Conrad.