Rudolf Schnackenburg

Rudolf Schnackenburg
Born5 January 1914 (1914-01-05)
Died28 August 2002 (2002-08-29) (aged 88)
Known forDas Johannesevangelium, Herders theologischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament
AwardsRecipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Breslau
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Doctoral advisorFriedrich Wilhelm Maier
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
New Testament
InstitutionsUniversity of Würzburg
InfluencedJosef Ratzinger, Benedict Groeschel

Rudolf Schnackenburg (5 January 1914 – 28 August 2002) was a German Catholic priest and New Testament scholar. Joseph Ratzinger referred to him as "probably the most significant German-speaking Catholic exegete of the second half of the twentieth century."[1]

  1. ^ Joseph Ratzinger, Jesus von Nazareth, p. 11, where Schnackenburg is called the "wohl bedeutendste deutschsprachige katholische Exeget der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts."

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