Hermann Schultz


Hermann Schultz, German Protestant theologian, was born at Lüchow in Hanover.

Education

He studied at Göttingen and Erlangen, became professor at Basel in 1864, and eventually professor ordinarius at Göttingen. Here he also held the appointments of chief university preacher, councillor to the State Consistory of the Church of Hanover and abbot of Bursfelde.

Religious position

Professor Schultz's theological standpoint was that of a moderate liberal. "It is thought by many that he has succeeded in discovering the via media between the positions of Biblical scholars like Delitzsch on the one hand and Stade on the other". He was well known to British and American students as the author of an excellent work on Old Testament Theology.

Divinity of Christ

In his work on the doctrine of the Divinity of Christ he followed the method of Ritschl, and contended that the deity of Christ ought to be understood as the expression of the experience of the Christian community. In his own person and work Christ represents to the community a personal revelation of God. Faith in the divinity of Christ does not rest upon a miracle in nature, but upon a miracle in the moral world.

Schultz's other works

  • Die Stellung des christlichen Glaubens zur heiligen Schrift.
  • Die Lehre vom heiligen Abendmahl.
  • Grundriss der evangelischen Dogmatik.
  • Grundriss der evangelischen Ethik.
  • Grundriss der christlichen Apologetik.