Education
From 1862 to 1867 he studied theology and philosophy at the universities of Halle-Wittenberg and Berlin.
theologian university professor
From 1862 to 1867 he studied theology and philosophy at the universities of Halle-Wittenberg and Berlin.
In 1892 he succeeded Theodor Zahn as professor of New Testament exegesis at the University of Leipzig, where in 1911/12 he served as rector. From 1892 to 1914 he was director of the Neutestamentarisch-exegetischen Seminar at Leipzig.