Ernst Kaesemann – författare

Ernst Kasemann, D.Theol. (Marburg), was born in 1906. After his university studies in Bonn, Marburg and Tubingen, he was for some time involved in pastoral work and was a prominent figure in the Confessing Church. In 1946 he was appointed Professor of New Testament in Mainz, and was called to a chair at Gottingen in 1951. After 1959 he was Professor of New Testament in Tubingen. Among books by Dr Kasemann translated into English are: The Testament of Jesus A study of the Gospel of John in the light of chapter 17 (1968); Jesus Means Freedom A polemical survey of the New Testament (1969); New Testament Questions of Today (1969); and Perspectives on Paul (1971).

'... there is a striking difference between Kasemann and most of his theologian compatriots. He is a radical to his fingertips. Nothing is sacrosanct—apart from his beloved Paul. He can always be relied on to produce something desperately honest, deeply searching, highly uncomfortable, and absolutely brilliant. It is not surprising that his lectures have drawn such crowds over the years ... Kasemann provides us with a gale of bracing air which will toughen robust Christian spirits but cause the anaemic to catch pneumonia and die.' (Church of England Newspaper). when he is really on the track of the truth about the Gospel and Christ, he writes moving and stimulating pages... The vigour of these utterances is well conveyed in the English translation by Canon W. J. Montague.' (New Blackfriars)' .. a learned, lively and hardhitting volume which will give English readers an insight into the questions that are exercising radical German Protestantism today.' (Scottish Journal of Theology)