Heinrich Weinel Explained

Heinrich Weinel (28 April 1874, Vonhausen – 29 September 1936, Jena) was a German Protestant theologian.

Biography

He studied at the universities of Berlin and Giessen, and in 1900 became an inspector of evangelical-theological seminaries in Bonn. From 1904 he was an associate professor at the University of Jena, where in 1907 he became a full professor of New Testament studies. Beginning in 1926 he taught classes in systematic theology at Jena. He was co-founder of the Freien Volkskirche, whose magazine he published from 1919.[1]

During his career, he labored for a popularization of liberal Protestant theology.[2] In his numerous works, Weinel wrote on the history and theology of early Christianity from a "history of religions" perspective.[3]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie der Theologie und der Kirchen (DBETh) edited by Bernd Moeller, Bruno Jahn (Google Books)
  2. Web site: ThULB Jena - Weinel, Heinrich (1874-1936) . 2015-12-25 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204059/http://www.thulb.uni-jena.de/Wir+%C3%BCber+uns/Handschriften+_+Sondersammlungen/Bestands%C3%BCberblick+/Nachl%C3%A4sse+und+Autographen/Nachl%C3%A4sse+und+Teilnachl%C3%A4sse+in+der+ThULB/Weinel-p-60317.html . dead .
  3. http://www.religion.emory.edu/faculty/robbins/Pdfs/KummelBiographyDates.pdf Biographical Appendix
  4. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Weinel,Heinrich,1874-1936.%22&type=author&inst= HathiTrust Digital Library