Heinrich Weinel (28 April 1874, Vonhausen – 29 September 1936, Jena) was a German Protestant theologian.
Biography He studied at the universities of Berlin and Giessen, and in 1900 became an inspector of evangelical-theological seminaries in Bonn. From 1904 he was an associate professor at the University of Jena, where in 1907 he became a full professor of New Testament studies. Beginning in 1926 he taught classes in systematic theology at Jena. He was co-founder of the Freien Volkskirche, whose magazine he published from 1919.Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie der Theologie und der Kirchen (DBETh) edited by Bernd Moeller, Bruno Jahn (Google Books)
During his career, he labored for a popularization of liberal Protestant theology. In his numerous works, Weinel wrote on the history and theology of early Christianity from a "history of religions" perspective.Biographical Appendix at Emory.edu
Selected works Mašaḥ und seine Derivate; linguistisch-archäologische Studie, 1898 – Mashaḥ and its derivatives: a linguistic-archaeological study. Die Wirkungen des Geistes und die Geister im nachapostolischen Zeitalter bis auf Irenäus, 1899 – The effects of the mind and the spirits in the post-Apostolic period down to Irenaeus. Jesus im neunzehnten Jahrhundert, 1903; translated into English by Alban G. Widgery and published as "Jesus in the nineteenth century and after" (1914) Paulus: der Mensch und sein Werk : Die Anfänge des Christentums, der Kirche und des Dogmas, 1904; translated into English by Rev. G. A. Bienemann and edited by Rev. W. D. Morrison, and published as "St. Paul, the man and his work" (1906). Ibsen, Björnson, Nietzsche : Individualismus und Christentum, 1908 – Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Friedrich Nietzsche; Individualism and Christianity. Biblische Theologie des Neuen Testaments : die Religion Jesu und des Urchristentums, 1913 – Biblical theology of the New Testament, the religion of Jesus and early Christianity. Die Gleichnisse Jesu. Zugleich eine Anleitung zu einem quellenmäßigen Verständnis der Evangelien, third edition (1910) – The parables of Jesus.HathiTrust Digital Library published works
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