Martin Dibelius

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German theologian

A.K.A.

Martin Franz Dibelius

Gender:

Male

Places:

Germany

Is:

Professor Educator Politician Diplomat Cleric Bishop Religious scholar Theologian

Work field:

Academia Politics Religion

Birth:

14 September 1883(Dresden, Dresden Directorate District, Saxony, Germany)

Death:

11 November 1947(Heidelberg, Karlsruhe Government Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Star sign:

Virgo

Politics:

National-Social Association

Religions:

Protestant church

Education:

Leipzig University

Leipzig, Kreishauptmannschaft Leipzig, Germany

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany

Employers:

Heidelberg University

Heidelberg, Karlsruhe Government Region, Germany

Family:

Father:

Franz Dibelius

Spouse(s):

Dorothea Dibelius

Relatives:

F. K. Otto Dibelius

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Martin Franz Dibelius (1883–1947) was a German Protestant theologian and New Testament professor at the University of Heidelberg.

Dibelius was born in Dresden, Germany, on September 14, 1883. Along with Rudolf Bultmann, he helped define a period in research about the historical Jesus characterized by skepticism toward the possibility of describing Jesus with historical certainty. In this capacity he is often regarded as an early pioneer of New Testament form criticism, a highly analytical review of literary forms within the New Testament.

After studying at multiple universities, he eventually ended up as a teacher of New Testament exegesis and criticism at Heidelberg University. He is well known for portraying Jesus' Sermon on the Mount as reflecting ideals that are impossible to live up to in what he considered a fallen world.

He married Dorothea Wittich in 1908.

He was made a full member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences in 1926; he was also heavily involved in politics during the 1920s.

He died in Heidelberg on November 11, 1947.

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Dibelius’s publications include;

Die Geisterwelt im Glauben des Paulus (1909)
Die urchristliche Überlieferung von Johannes dem Täufer (1911)
Dibelius, Martin (1926). Geschichte der urchristlichen Literatur.
——— (1966). Die Pastoralbriefe. Handbuch zum Neuen Testament. Vol. 13 (4th, enlarged edition by Hans Conzelmann ed.). Tübingen.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link))

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