Günther Bornkamm

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Günther Bornkamm (1905-1990) was a German New Testament scholar and Professor of New Testament at the University of Heidelberg.

He was a student of Rudolf Bultmann with Ernst Käsemann (Tübingen), Ernst Fuchs (Marburg) and Hans Conzelmann (Göttingen).

He was a proponent of the Second Quest for the Historical Jesus (Albert Schweitzer) and suggested a tighter relationship between Jesus and the theology of the early church (in contrast to the 'First' and 'No Quest' periods ending in 1953).

Numbered among his opponents, Rudolf Bultmann argued for a divorce between the two, but their approaches remain similar in many aspects.

The work by Ernst Käsemann is also valuable for understanding Bornkamm's work.

[edit] Publications

  • Jesus of Nazareth. New York: Harper & Row, 1960
  • Paul. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995 [1969] ISBN 0800628985
  • The New Testament: A Guide to Its Writings. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1973.
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