Martin Hengel (1926–2009)
Author of Crucifixion
About the Author
Martin Hengel is Emeritus Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at the University of Tubingen, Germany
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Works by Martin Hengel
Judaism and Hellenism: Studies in their encounter in Palestine during the Early Hellenistic Period (Vols. 1 & 2) (1974) 207 copies, 1 review
The Son of God: The Origin of Christology and the History of Jewish-Hellenistic Religion (1975) 124 copies
Property and Riches in the Early Church: Aspects of a Social History of Early Christianity (1974) 98 copies
The Septuagint as Christian Scripture: Its Prehistory and the Problem of Its Canon (2001) 91 copies, 1 review
Jews, Greeks, and Barbarians: Aspects of the Hellenization of Judaism in the Pre-Christian Period (1976) 75 copies
The Zealots : investigations into the Jewish freedom movement in the period from Herod I until 70 A.D. (1976) 46 copies
Judaism and Hellenism II: Studies in Their Encounter in Palestine During the Early Hellenistic Period (2 Volumes) (1974) 13 copies
Nachfolge und Charisma : eine exegetisch-religionsgeschichtliche Studie zu Mt 8,21 f. und Jesu Ruf in die Nachfolge (1990) 5 copies
Paulus Und Jakobus (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament) (French Edition) (2002) 3 copies
Jesus und die Evangelien: Kleine Schriften V (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament) (Wissenschaftliche U (2007) 3 copies
Die Evangelienuberschriften (Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) (German Edition) (1984) 2 copies
Studien Zum Urchristentum: Kleine Schriften VI (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament) (German Edition) (2008) 2 copies
Die Zeloten : Untersuchungen zur jüdischen Freiheitsbewegung in der Zeit von Herodes I. bis 70 n. Chr. (1961) 1 copy
By Hengel, Martin Crucifixion: In the Ancient World and the Folly of the Cross Paperback - June 2012 1 copy
Jews, Greeks and Barbarians - Aspects of the Hellenization of Judaism in the pre-Christian Period 1 copy
Qumran and Hellenism 1 copy
Die Zeloten: Untersuchungen zur judischen Freiheitsbewegung in der Zeit von Herodes I. bis 70 N. Chr. (1961) 1 copy
Eigentum und Reichtum in der frühen Kirche; Aspekte einer frühchristlichen Sozialgeschichte (1973) 1 copy
Associated Works
The Book of Acts in Its Palestinian Setting (Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting) (1995) — Contributor — 119 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1926-12-14
- Date of death
- 2009-07-02
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Tübingen
- Occupations
- professor
- Organizations
- University of Erlangen
University of Tübingen - Nationality
- Germany
- Places of residence
- Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany - Associated Place (for map)
- Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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This book has a bad start thanks to Robert Hanhart's polemical “Introduction”. Not content to merely skate his theologumenon of Canonicity across thin ice, he decides to build a castle on it. One does not have to look far to see people completely turned off from the Septuagint (and the rest of the book) by this essay alone. Ironically, it was his tendentious, unsupported, a priori assertions that strengthened my interest in the textual authority of the LXX and launched me into Hengel's show more book in hopes of finding the grain sifted from Hanhart's chaff. I was only occasionally disappointed. What tarnishes this incredible (and approvingly short) book is Hengel's constant and unimpressive quoting of sources in their original languages--sometimes at great length--without any translation either of his own or another's. In the end, Hengel's answer to the historical question “why did Christians accept the 'apocryphal' texts into their canon?” is quite anti-climactic. In addition, although Hengel attributes the authorship of Daniel to about 165 BC, his arguments affectively annul the possibility of any such dating. “The inclusion of...Daniel...was based...on a 'historical error'” (p.91). “The fact that the book of Daniel...was received so quickly and without hesitation seems to be almost a miracle...” (p.95). Rather than suggest one believe in miracles and strangely incoherent historical errors, Hengel's arguments affirm that Daniel must be dated to the epoch of revelation between Moses and Artaxerxes in order to make historical sense of its uncontested place in the Pharisaic canon. show less
Judaism and Hellenism: Studies in their Encounter in Palestine during the Early Hellenistic Period by Martin Hengel
read in grad school. A classic.
Crucifixion: In the Ancient World and the Folly of the Message of the Cross (Facets) New Edition by Hengel, Martin published by Augsburg Fortress (1977) by Martin Hengel
Very good. We read the book during Lent in the study group.
A daring proposal for the future of evangelical new Testament scholarship.
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