Hermann Gunkel
Founder of biblical form criticism
Died when: 69 years 293 days (837 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Hermann Gunkel (23 May 1862 – 11 March 1932), a German Old Testament scholar, founded form criticism.He also became a leading representative of the history of religions school.
His major works cover Genesis and the Psalms, and his major interests centered on the oral tradition behind written sources and in folklore.
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