Hans Wilhelm Frei
(1922-1988)
American theologian
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Hans Wilhelm Frei (1922–1988) was an American biblical scholar and theologian who is best known for work on biblical hermeneutics. Frei's work played a major role in the development of postliberal theology (also called narrative theology or the Yale school of theology). His best-known and most influential work is his 1974 book, The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative (Yale University Press), which examined the history of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century biblical hermeneutics in England and Germany. Frei spent much of his career teaching at Yale Divinity School.
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29 April 1922 Breslau, Lower Silesia, Germany
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12 September 1988 (aged 66) New Haven, Connecticut, US
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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