Georg Benedikt Winer

Who was Georg Benedikt Winer?

Georg Benedikt Winer, German Protestant theologian, was born at Leipzig.

He studied theology at Leipzig, where eventually he became professor ordinarius. From 1824 to 1830 he edited with J. G. V. Engelhardt the Neues kritisches Journal der theologischen Literatur, and alone from 1826 to 1832 the Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Theologie.

He is well known as the author of a Grammatik des neutestamentlichen Sprachidioms, of which several translations have appeared, the latest being by W. F. Moulton.

His other works include:

Komparative Darstellung des Lehrbegriffs der verschiedenen christlichen Kirchenpartheien

Biblisches Realworterbuch

Grammatik des biblischen und targumischen Chaldaismus

Handbuch der theologischen Literatur