Hans Frei

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Hans Frei was a prominent 20th-century American theologian associated with postliberal theology and narrative approaches to Scripture at Yale Divinity School.

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instanceOf person
theologian
birthDate 1922-04-29
citizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
deathDate 1988-09-12
denomination Protestantism NERFINISHED
educatedAt Syracuse University NERFINISHED
Yale Divinity School NERFINISHED
Yale University
employer Yale Divinity School NERFINISHED
Yale University
fieldOfWork Christian theology NERFINISHED
biblical hermeneutics
hermeneutics
narrative theology
postliberal theology
theology
fullName Hans Wilhelm Frei NERFINISHED
influenced George Lindbeck NERFINISHED
Stanley Hauerwas NERFINISHED
postliberal theologians NERFINISHED
influencedBy Friedrich Schleiermacher NERFINISHED
Karl Barth NERFINISHED
knownFor critique of historical-critical biblical interpretation
development of postliberal theology
narrative approach to Scripture
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
mainInterest Christology NERFINISHED
interpretation of Scripture
narrative interpretation of the Bible
movement Yale school of theology NERFINISHED
postliberal theology
nationality United States of America
surface form: United States
notableWork The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative NERFINISHED
The Identity of Jesus Christ NERFINISHED
Types of Christian Theology NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Breslau NERFINISHED
Weimar Republic NERFINISHED
positionHeld Gilbert L. Stark Professor of Christian Theology NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1974 (The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative) NERFINISHED
1975 (The Identity of Jesus Christ) NERFINISHED
1992 (Types of Christian Theology)
religion Christianity
workLocation New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED

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