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Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
1802–1869
A fierce defender of Lutheran orthodoxy in 19th-century Germany, he became one of the best-known conservative Protestant voices of his time. His biblical scholarship and public arguments against rationalist theology gave his work lasting influence far beyond Berlin.
2 Audiobooks
Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1
by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2
by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
About the author
Born in Fröndenberg in 1802 and dying in Berlin in 1869, Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg was a German theologian, churchman, and Bible scholar closely associated with the neo-Lutheran movement. He studied theology and Oriental languages at the University of Bonn, and he became known early on for his strong learning and equally strong convictions.
Hengstenberg built his reputation by defending historic Christian doctrine against the rationalist trends that were shaping many Protestant churches and theological faculties in his day. He is especially remembered as editor of the Evangelische Kirchenzeitung, a role through which he became a leading public voice for conservative Lutheran thought, and for his work as a professor in Berlin.
For readers today, his importance lies in the combination of scholarship and controversy: he wrote as an exegete, but also as a combative religious journalist and teacher. That mix made him a major figure in 19th-century German Protestant theology, admired by supporters for his firmness and criticized by opponents for the same reason.