1. Hermann Gunkel became a leading representative of the history of religions school.
12 Facts About Hermann Gunkel
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Hermann Gunkel studied at the University of Gottingen and the University of Giessen.
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Hermann Gunkel eventually taught at both universities in addition to those of Berlin and Halle.
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Hermann Gunkel started his career in New Testament studies at Gottingen in 1888.
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Hermann Gunkel went on to teach in Berlin, where he made many inter-disciplinary contacts.
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In 1907, Hermann Gunkel finally obtained a full professorship at the University of Giessen.
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Hermann Gunkel moved to the University of Halle-Wittenberg in 1920.
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Hermann Gunkel published another standard work, his commentary on the book of Psalms, The Psalms: Translated and Explained in 1926.
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Hermann Gunkel founded the series Research into the Religion and Literature of the Old and New Testaments with Wilhelm Bousset.
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Hermann Gunkel co-edited with Leopold Zscharnack the second edition of the German religious encyclopedia Religion in History and the Present, in which he authored over one hundred articles.
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Hermann Gunkel became a leading representative of the "history of religions school", which addressed the history of traditions behind the biblical text.
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Hermann Gunkel arguably produced his most important work in his commentary on Genesis, published in three editions from 1901 to 1910.