Gottlob Christian Storr

Who was Gottlob Christian Storr?

Gottlob Christian Storr was a German Protestant theologian born in Stuttgart.

He studied philosophy, theology and other subjects at the University of Tübingen, and following his theological examination in 1768, undertook an educational journey through Germany, Holland, England and France. In 1772 he was appointed lecturer at Tübinger Stift, and later became an associate professor of philosophy and theology at Tübingen.

Storr was an outspoken advocate of Biblical Supranaturalism, and founder of Ältere Tübinger Schule. His conservative orthodox views in theology placed him at odds with proponents of the Enlightenment, rationalism and Kantian philosophy. Two of Storr's better known followers were Friedrich Gottlieb Süskind and Johann Friedrich Flatt.

In the late 18th century he proposed that the New Testament book of Mark was written prior to the other Gospels, an assertion that opposed the traditional view that the book of Matthew was the earliest Gospel written.