Translating, Summarising and Hidden Attribution: R. H. Lightfoot's Problematic Use of German Scholarship

The form-critical method found an English-speaking champion in R. H. Lightfoot of Oxford University. Through multiple publications he promoted the ideas of Rudolf Bultmann, Martin Dibelius and Ernst Lohmeyer. However, a close comparison of their texts reveals that Lightfoot sometimes simply translat...

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Main Author: Massey, Brandon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2020]
In: New Testament studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 66, Issue: 4, Pages: 601-629
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B New Testament / Biblical studies / Literary criticism / Form / Research / History / Lightfoot, R. H. 1883-1953 / Lohmeyer, Ernst 1890-1946 / Dibelius, Martin 1883-1947 / Bultmann, Rudolf 1884-1976 / Jeremias, Joachim 1900-1979
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Robert Henry (1883-1953)
B Martin (1883-1947)
B Bultmann
B Dibelius
B Ernst (1890-1946)
B Joachim (1900-79)
B Jeremias
B Lightfoot
B Rudolf (1884-1976)
B Lohmeyer
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Summary:The form-critical method found an English-speaking champion in R. H. Lightfoot of Oxford University. Through multiple publications he promoted the ideas of Rudolf Bultmann, Martin Dibelius and Ernst Lohmeyer. However, a close comparison of their texts reveals that Lightfoot sometimes simply translated the words of Dibelius and Lohmeyer, at times without appropriate attribution, and presented their ideas as his own. Recently discovered letters in the Lightfoot archive at Oxford University provide a more complete picture of Lightfoot's travels and interaction with German NT scholars. These discoveries call for a reassessment of Lightfoot's place in the history of NT scholarship.
ISSN:1469-8145
Contains:Enthalten in: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688520000090