Kurt Aland

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New Testament scholar biblical scholar human textual critic theologian

Kurt Aland was a prominent German biblical scholar and theologian renowned for his pioneering work in New Testament textual criticism and the critical editions of the Greek New Testament.

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Label	Occurrences
Kurt Aland canonical	10

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament scholar ⓘ biblical scholar ⓘ human ⓘ textual critic ⓘ theologian ⓘ
academicDiscipline	New Testament studies ⓘ theology ⓘ
coAuthor	Barbara Aland ⓘ Bruce M. Metzger ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Germany ⓘ
educatedAt	Humboldt University of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ surface form: University of Berlin
employer	University of Münster NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	German ⓘ
familyName	Aland ⓘ
fieldOfWork	New Testament textual criticism ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ church history ⓘ theology ⓘ
founded	Institute for New Testament Textual Research ⓘ
givenName	Kurt ⓘ
hasPublicationType	critical edition ⓘ monograph ⓘ scholarly article ⓘ
influenced	Barbara Aland ⓘ modern New Testament textual criticism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ German ⓘ Greek ⓘ
memberOf	Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz ⓘ North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts ⓘ
name	Kurt Aland self-link ⓘ
notableFor	critical editions of the Greek New Testament ⓘ development of categories for New Testament manuscripts ⓘ pioneering New Testament textual criticism in the 20th century ⓘ work on the Nestle–Aland text ⓘ
notableWork	Der Text des Neuen Testaments ⓘ Kritisch-exegetischer Kommentar über das Neue Testament (contributions) ⓘ Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments ⓘ Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece ⓘ surface form: Nestle–Aland Novum Testamentum Graece
positionHeld	Director of the Institute for New Testament Textual Research ⓘ Professor of New Testament ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Barbara Aland ⓘ
workLocation	Germany ⓘ Münster ⓘ

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Description of subject: Kurt Aland was a prominent German biblical scholar and theologian renowned for his pioneering work in New Testament textual criticism and the critical editions of the Greek New Testament.

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Institute for New Testament Textual Research → founder → Kurt Aland ⓘ

Gregory–Aland numbering → namedAfter → Kurt Aland ⓘ

Gregory–Aland numbering → expandedBy → Kurt Aland ⓘ

Alexandrian text-type → associatedWithScholar → Kurt Aland ⓘ

Erwin Nestle → influenced → Kurt Aland ⓘ

Barbara Aland → spouse → Kurt Aland ⓘ

Barbara Aland → hasAcademicAdvisor → Kurt Aland ⓘ

Kurt Aland → name → Kurt Aland self-link ⓘ

Caesarean text-type → debatedByScholar → Kurt Aland ⓘ

Caspar René Gregory → notableStudent → Kurt Aland ⓘ