Eberhard Nestle

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Eberhard Nestle (around 1880)

Eberhard Nestle (born May 1, 1851 in Stuttgart , † March 9, 1913 there ) was a Protestant theologian and orientalist ; he was the father of the theologian Erwin Nestle .

Life

Nestle was a son of the High Tribunal Procurator Christian Gottlieb Nestle and his wife Sophie Beate Kleinmann. His half-brother from his father's second marriage was the classical philologist Wilhelm Nestle .

He studied in Tübingen from 1869 to 1874, was charged with a dissertation on the Hebrew and Greek text forms of the Book of Ezekiel Dr. phil. doctorate, then initially worked in the field of oriental studies and wrote a. a. a Syrian grammar . In later years he was interested in obtaining a text-critically secured Bible text .

After training and working as a repetitionist at the Evangelical Monastery in Tübingen , he was a grammar school professor at the upper high school in Ulm for religion and Hebrew between 1883 and 1890 , interrupted by the replacement of a professorship in Tübingen , since 1898 professor and from 1912 Ephorus at the Evangelical theological seminary in Maulbronn .

In 1880 Nestle married Klara Kommerell (1852–1887) in Tübingen and had a son with her, Erwin Nestle . In 1887 his wife died after a short illness and three years later Nestle married Elisabeth Aichele (1867–1944) for the second time in 1890; with her he had five daughters and a son.

Bible editions

In 1898 the Wuerttemberg Biblical Institute in Stuttgart published the version of the Greek New Testament that he had compiled and edited from older editions and manuscripts under the title Novum Testamentum Graece cum apparatus critico ex editionibus et libris manu scriptis collecto .

It only took a few years for "the Nestle" to establish itself worldwide as the text-critical reference edition of the Greek New Testament. After Eberhard Nestle's death, his son Erwin Nestle took over the publication and made a significant contribution to the constant improvement of the editions. Since 1952 the publication took place with the collaboration of Kurt Aland . The theological standard work now known as “Nestle-Aland” appeared in its 27th edition from 1993 onwards.

Shortly before his death he worked on a critical edition of Luther's Vulgate revision for the Weimar edition . After his death, his son was also responsible for the publication.

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SURNAME Nestle, Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1913
Place of death Stuttgart