Otto Eissfeldt
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1887 – 1973
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Who was Otto Eissfeldt?
Otto Eissfeldt was a German Protestant theologian, known for his work on the Old Testament and comparative near-east religious history. His magisterial 860-page The Old Testament: An Introduction, giving a detailed literary-critical assessment of the history of the formation of each part of the Old Testament on the basis of the documentary hypothesis, has been called the "best of its kind".
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- Born
- Sep 1, 1887
Northeim - Nationality
- Germany
- Education
- University of Göttingen
- Died
- Apr 23, 1973
Halle
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on July 23, 2013
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