Wilhelm Michaelis

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Wilhelm Michaelis (born January 26, 1896 in Darmstadt , † February 19, 1965 in Bern ) was a German Lutheran theologian who had been Professor of the New Testament at the University of Bern since 1930 . His introduction to the New Testament (1946) gained particular fame .

Front cover of Michaelis' NT introduction (1961)

Life

Wilhelm was the son of chancellery Karl Michaelis and his wife Henriette Heppenheimer. From 1914 he studied theology in Berlin . During his studies he was a member of the 1914 Schwarzenburg Bund - connection fraternity Salingia . In 1921 he was ordained pastor and in 1923 private lecturer . In 1930 he became a full professor for the New Testament at the University of Bern, which he remained until his death.

Researches

His main research interests were in the Gospel of Matthew , the parables of Jesus and eschatology in early Christianity .

Introduction to the New Testament

His textbook Introduction to the New Testament . The origin, collection and transmission of the New Testament writings first appeared in 1946 (3rd edition 1961). This textbook takes “a fundamentally conservative point of view”, continues “in it the tradition of the Erlangen T. Zahn ” and competed with the liberal introduction by Werner Georg Kümmel and the Catholic introduction by Alfred Wikenhauser .

Dating of the New Testament books

In the second edition of his Introduction to the NT (1954) Michaelis mentions the following dates:

The Gospel of Matthew dates Michaelis to 60–70, Mark to 64–70, Luke to 65–70 (the Acts of the Apostles around 70), and John to 90–100 (the three letters of John were written before this Gospel ).

The Paulusbriefe dated Michaelis follows: Roman at 56, the letters of Paul to the Cor 55, Gal 50, Eph , Philipper , Col. and Philemon to 54/55. Michaelis dates the 1st Thessalonians to 53, the 2nd Thessalonians to 54, and Michaelis places the pastoral letters at the end of Paul's life: 1st Timothy to 61, Titus to 62 and 2nd Timothy to 63.

According to Michaelis, the Hebrew was written after 80, James around 40, 1st Peter before 64, Jude after 100 and 2nd Peter at the beginning of the 2nd century (Michaelis considers these two letters to be false). The revelation was written after 80.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Goebel (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. 8th edition, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 107 No. 2093.
  2. ↑ Georg Strecker : New Testament . In: Georg Strecker (ed.): Theology in the 20th century. Status and tasks . Tübingen 1983, pp. 61-145, there 89.
  3. ↑ Michaelis: Introduction to the NT , 1954, pp. 42, 56, 79, 142, 126 as well as 294 and 301.
  4. ↑ Michaelis: Introduction to the NT , 1954, pp. 165, 175, 181, 190f, 199, 210, 216 and 265.
  5. ↑ Michaelis: Introduction to the NT , 1954, pp. 225 and 153, 232 and 229f, and Pastoral Letters 260.
  6. ↑ Michaelis: Introduction to the NT , 1954, pp. 273, 279, 287, 303, 290 and 318.

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personal data
SURNAME Michaelis, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 1965
Place of death Bern