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Born October 17, 1582 • Quedlinburg • Germany
Died August 17, 1637 (aged 54) • Jena • Germany
Subjects Of Study Bible • Lutheranism • inspiration of scripture
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
Johann Salomo Semler
German theologian
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
German theologian
Paul Tillich
American theologian and philosopher
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
German theologian
Albrecht Ritschl
German theologian
Andreas Karlstadt
German religious leader
Agricola, Johann
Johann Agricola
German theologian
Chemnitz, Martin
Martin Chemnitz
German theologian
Osiander, Andreas
Andreas Osiander
German theologian
Johann Arndt
German theologian
Richard Rothe
German theologian
Walther Eichrodt
German biblical scholar
Nikolaus von Amsdorf, lithograph, 1820, after a 16th-century engraving.
Nikolaus von Amsdorf
German theologian
Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther
American theologian
Joachim Camerarius
German scholar and theologian
J.A. Bengel
German theologian
Daniel Ernst Jablonski
German theologian
Johann Lorenz von Mosheim
German theologian
Origen
Christian theologian