About Isaak August Dorner
Isaak August Dorner was a German Lutheran church leader. He served as a professor of theology at various institutions, including Tübingen, Kiel, Königsberg, Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin. He was a meditating theologian and had an international influence. His primary work has been translated into English. Dorner first gained recognition for his extensive study of the history of Christology, which explores the evolution of Christology from the end of the apostolic age to contemporary times. He published the first part of it in 1835, the year in which David Strauss, his colleague, published his Life of Jesus; completed it in 1839, and afterwards considerably enlarged it for a second edition (1845–1856). Dorner at once became highly regarded as a theologian and historian and in 1839 was invited to Kiel as professor ordinarius. His son, August Dorner, also became a prominent theologian.
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