Karl Christian Johann Holsten
Karl Christian Johann Holsten was a German Protestant theologian.
Holsten was born in Güstrow, Mecklenburg. He studied at Leipzig, Berlin, and the Rostock, where he became a teacher of religion at the Gymnasium in 1852. In 1870, he became a professor of New Testament studies at the Bern and moved to the Heidelberg in 1876, where he remained until his death.
Holsten was a follower of the Tübingen school and supported Baur's views on the alleged antagonism between Petrinism and Paulinism. His writings include:
- Zum Evangelium d. Paulus und d. Petrus
- Das Evangelium des Paulus dargestelit
- ''Die synoptischen Evangelien nach der Form ihres Inhalts''