Walther Eichrodt

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Walther Eichrodt (August 1, 1890, Gernsbach, Baden - May 20, 1978, Basel) was a German Old Testament scholar and Protestant theologian.

He taught as a professor at the Basel University (1922-1960).

Eichrodt believed that the book of Genesis was added as a prologue to the Old Testament after the writing of Exodus had been completed.[1]

Literary works

  • Die Quellen der Genesis, 1916
  • Die Hoffnung des ewigen Friedens alten Israel, 1920
  • Theologie des Alten Testaments, 3 vols., 1933-1939
  • Das Menschenverständnis des Alten Testaments, 1944

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