HOLTZMANN

holtzmann, heinrich julius (1832- ), german protestant theologian, son of karl julius holtzmann (1804-1877), was born on the 17th of may 1832 at karlsruhe, where his father ultimately became prelate and counsellor to the supreme consistory. he studied at berlin, and eventually (1874) was appointed professor ordinarius at strassburg. a moderately liberal theologian, he became best known as a new testament critic and exegete, being the author of the commentary on the synoptics (1889; 3rd ed., 1901), the johannine books (1890; 2nd ed., 1893), and the acts of the apostles (1901), in the series _handkommentar zum neuen testament_. on the question of the relationship of the synoptic gospels, holtzmann in his early work, _die synoptischen evangelien, ihr ursprung und geschichtlicher charakter_ (1863), presents a view which has been widely accepted, maintaining the priority of mark, deriving matthew in its present form from mark and from matthew's earlier "collection of sayings," the logia of papias, and luke from matthew and mark in the form in which we have them. other noteworthy works are the _lehrbuch der histor.-kritischen einleitung in das neue testament_ (1885, 3rd ed., 1892), and the _lehrbuch der neutestamentlichen theologie_ (2 vols., 1896-1897). he also collaborated with r. zopffel in the preparation of a small _lexikon fur theologie und kirchenwesen_ (1882; 3rd ed., 1895), and in 1893 became editor of the _theol. jahresbericht_.