Georg Benedikt Winer

Georg Benedikt Winer (13 April 1789, Leipzig – 12 May 1858, Leipzig), German Protestant theologian, known for his linguistic studies of the New Testament. Theologically, Winer was an "anti-trinitarian".[1]

Life

He studied theology at Leipzig, where in 1819 he began work as a curator at the Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig. In 1823 he became a full professor of theology at the University of Erlangen, then in 1832 returned to Leipzig, where he worked in a similar role as in Erlangen. On several separate occasions he served as dean to the theological faculty, and in 1842 was named university rector.[2]

From 1824 to 1830 he edited with J. G. V. Engelhardt, the Neues kritisches Journal der theologischen Literatur, and alone from 1826 to 1832, the Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Theologie.[3] He is well known as the author of a Grammatik des neutestamentlichen Sprachidioms (1821, 8th edition, revised by P. W. Schmiedel, 1894 ff.), of which several translations have appeared, one of them being by W. F. Moulton[4] (1870, 3rd edition 1882; "A Treatise on the Grammar of New Testament Greek").[5]

His other works include:[4]

• Komparative Darstellung des Lehrbegriffs der verschiedenen christlichen Kirchenpartheien (1824; 4th edition by P. Ewald, 1882; English translation as "A comparative view of the doctrines and confessions of the various communities of Christendom", 1873).[6]
• Biblisches Realwörterbuch (1820; 3rd edition 1847–1848, 2 volumes) – Biblical dictionary.
• Grammatik des biblischen und targumischen Chaldaismus (1824; 3rd edition by B Fischer, Chaldäische Grammatik für Bibel und Talmud, 1882; English translation as Grammar of the Chaldee Language as contained in the Bible and the Targums, 1842).[7]
• Handbuch der theologischen Literatur (1820; 3rd edition 1838–1840, 2 volumes; supplement, 1842) – Handbook of theological literature.[2]

References

1. A.T. Robertson, The Minister and His Greek New Testament (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1977), 66.
2. Prof. Dr. phil. et theol. Johann Georg Benedikt Winer Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig
3. Beiträge zur sächsischen Kirchengeschichte, Issue 3 Google Books
4. Chisholm 1911.
5. Linguistic Analysis of the Greek New Testament: Studies in Tools, Methods ... by Stanley E. Porter
6. Catalogue of the Library of Princeton Theological Seminary ..., Part 1 by Princeton Theological Seminary. Library
7. The Christian Review, Volume 10 Google Books

Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Winer, Georg Benedikt". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 729.

Further reading

• W. Schmidt, Zum Gedachtnis Dr. G. B. Winers, in the Beitrage zur sächsischen Kirchengeschichte.
• ADB:Winer, Georg Benedikt at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.