Albert Wifstrand

Sven Albert Wifstrand (born March 3, 1901 in Mörrum ( Blekinge ), † June 13, 1964 in Lund ) was a Swedish classical philologist ( Graecist ).

Wifstrand studied in Lund with Einar Löfstedt , Claes Lindskog , Martin P. Nilsson and Axel Moberg . He received his doctorate there in 1926 with a dissertation on Greek anthology . From 1935 to 1964 he was professor of Greek language and literature in Lund. In 1950 he received the Doctor honoris causa of theology in Lund. He has received various other Swedish awards.

Wifstrand mainly worked in a text-critical and interpretative manner on the New Testament and Greek literature of the imperial era. This was followed by studies on the development of the hexameter from Callimachos to Nonnos of Panopolis and papyrological work.

Fonts (selection)

Font directory

• SG Sjöberg: The printed writings of Albert Wifstrand 1923–1971, in: Scripta minora Regiae Societatis humaniorum litterarum Lundensis 1971/1972: 2, pp. 23-41.

Fonts

• Studies on the Greek anthology. Diss. Lund 1926.
• Eikota. Emendations and interpretations on Greek prose writers of the imperial era, I-VIII. Lund 1930-1964.
• From Callimachus to Nonnos. Metric-stylistic investigations into the later Greek epic and related poetry genres. Lund 1933.
• From the papyrus collection of the university library in Lund . I, Literary Fragments. In: "Bull. Soc. Des Lettres de Lund" 1934-35, 2, 53-65; II, Greek Private Letters. In: "Bull. Soc. Des Lettres de Lund" 1936-37, 6, 161-172.
• Grekisk metric. Lund 1935.
• L'Eglise ancienne et la culture grecque. Traduit du suédois by L.-M. Dewailly. Ed. du Cerf, Paris 1962.
• Epochs and styles. Selected writings on the New Testament, Greek language and Greek culture in the post-classical era. Edited by Lars Rydbeck and Stanley E. Porter. Translated from the Swedish Originals by Denis Searby. (= Scientific studies on the New Testament, 179). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2005, excerpts online .

literature

• Jonas Palm: Albert Wifstrand , in: Gnomon 36, 1964, 730-733. Reprinted in: Epochs and styles. Selected writings on the New Testament, Greek language and Greek culture in the post-classical era. Edited by Lars Rydbeck and Stanley E. Porter. Translated from the Swedish Originals by Denis Searby. (= Scientific studies on the New Testament, 179). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2005, p. 9-14, excerpts online .

• Ingemar Düring : Minnesord över Albert Wifstrand , in: Vitt. Hist. & Antikv. Akad. Årsbok 1965, 56-59.

Web links

• Literature by and about Albert Wifstrand in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
• Personal page on the website of the Kungliga Vitterhetsakademien, Stockholm
• Entry in Aristarchus: Catalogus Philologorum Classicorum (project by Franco Montanari , University of Genoa )