Ernst Käsemann

Ernst Käsemann
Born(1906-07-12)12 July 1906
Died17 February 1998(1998-02-17) (aged 91)
OccupationProfessor of New Testament
Known forNew Quest for the Historical Jesus
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Marburg (PhD)
Doctoral advisorRudolf Bultmann
Academic work
InstitutionsMainz
Göttingen
Tübingen
Notable workscommentary on the Epistle to the Romans
Notable ideasdouble criterion of difference on the reliability of the synoptic gospels

Ernst Käsemann (12 July 1906 – 17 February 1998) was a German Lutheran theologian and professor of New Testament in Mainz (1946–1951), Göttingen (1951–1959) and Tübingen (1959–1971).