Albert Eichhorn

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Albert Eichhorn (1752-1827), the author of Das Abendmahl im Neuen Testament, was one of the founders of the discipline of history of religions and the historical-critical method of methodologies and strategies for understanding ancient manuscripts and reading Christian scripture in the context of the culture that produced it. His pioneering work of Higher Criticism, on the the role of contemporary needs, belief and culture in shaping the New Testament reports of Jesus' last supper was translated into English by the distinguished American historian George Bancroft.

[edit] Further reading

  • Hugo Gressmann, Albert Eichhorn und die religionsgeschichtliche Schule (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht) 1914.
  • A. Suelzer and J. Kselman, "Modern Old Testament Criticism," in The New Jerome Biblical Commentary (Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs) 1990.


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