{"id":393,"date":"2009-07-14T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T07:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=393"},"modified":"2024-03-19T14:05:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:05:03","slug":"martin-hengel-gentleman-and-scholar-dies-aged-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/martin-hengel-gentleman-and-scholar-dies-aged-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Hengel, Gentleman and Scholar, dies aged 82"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Daily Telegraph<\/em> carries the obituary of the Professor Martin Hengel who died aged 82 on the 2nd of July 2009. I particularly liked this paragraph:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\">Yet although Hengel was responsible for a radically different approach to the New Testament, his conclusions were always comparatively conservative and reassuring to evangelicals and others seeking confirmation of their Christian beliefs. His criticism of those attempting to apply modern methods of literary criticism to the Bible were often scathing, and he remained firmly in the faith of Lutheran pietism. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\">You can read the obituary in full <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/obituaries\/religion-obituaries\/5811664\/Professor-Martin-Hengel.html\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Main image: By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knaw.nl\/nl\/actueel\/publicaties\/levensberichten-en-herdenkingen-2010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=67859226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CC BY 3.0<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=67859226\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daily Telegraph carries the obituary of the Professor Martin Hengel who died aged 82 on the 2nd of July 2009. 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