The New York herald., 1878-12-03
OBITUARY..

THEopoR KEIM, ID. D., GERMAN THEoLo"iAN'
Dr. Tneodor Keinl. OF the repre- 'onta'ha
Biblical scholars Of the liberal school IN Germany,
died abeu. the 10th ult. at Giessen, wner nc o'-
,upied professional chair. Ills name has Neehus
become famous in Ingland and America IN connoo-
tion with his chief WORK on the origins 81 'nris-
iianty and he had long been esteemed IN "eriuAns
rs Il profound investigator and constructive 'fias-
Iheodor kci,n was born al slut. gart, Wirtenberg,
De escmlcr i, 1925, and after receiving caretai
t.ailin, in The gymnasia Of that capital.
sn.eiel the University of InbinGca IN ist'
'a qualify himself for tho Church. His rcsi-
icncs at that university coinciied with the
,reatcst DEVELOPMENT of the socacd .Thbinaen
,chool % Biblical criticism, which in the hands Of
s founders Ferdinand Baur. David Friedrich St.aass
md Eduard Zeller. lie voting itself TO revision
81 orthodox beliefs on the subject of the Christian
origins. and especially TO eaponnding IN. the
columns Of the Thx,Lpgscte 1ahs,.cter the famous
-tcadency theory OF the composition of the
books Of the New Testament. pointing out
end insisting upon the supposed great anfag'
onism between the Christianity or the Petrne
,nd Of The Pauline systems. kcim learned from
trese masters what they had t. alloge in mais-
lrnsnce OF their fsyorits theory, which he also
ernbrsccl in o neral way. but by nat
Sssame medator i.twecn tho Tnbingen school
and the official Orthodoxy ot Berlin. he was
consequently regarded somewhat ss an enemy IN
both camps, but by thouEeSpectol developments OF
the new Ieyden school. headed by Br. Abran kuenen
and DR. G. P. Tieo the Jews OF heim gained reheS
which vii probably hereafter appear 70
lie their ,listircuisling type. Dr. KeI graduated in
ls4s becam. tutor in philosophy. biblical criticism
and !acai history s5N al the highly Evan
reca univor sty of Bonn. ant subsequently at ln
hsngen tis5i-5.N; was ordained deacon IN 1897 anu
.rchdeseon in 1889 At Lsasnsen, ana besams same
University OF Enrich, wiyre he remained
many years br- was recslrly called in the
writings were monographs upon tho history OF the
Reformation in Sol rthcrn Germany, comprising thas
Of Ulm ps5I. that Of s~soia unit tho Diet OF Aues.
bur, llsJ5 that Of Esflingcn. also biography ~
..Ambrosius Blarer, tn Swabian Rcformer. IN loso
From lsal may he datd his entire conservation to
the great work of his lie Life Of Christ, which,
by preserving an equilibrium between the doctrines
Of S~hlciernache- and o., strauss, should commend
itsrf 10 the average theological iind of Protestant
cSerTnany an endeavor in which he to great
tent succe eded. He published in 1851 The Human
Development of Jesus Chris :; IN 1854 The Historical
words cf Jesus" and Immediately sfterward resast
the two works into one, The Historical e Christ 1885,
which vt once gained him vide Reputation through
out Germany. But he sail dissatisfied with his
work which he determined 10 reconstruct in bio
graphical sense, with coptous critical apparatus
and 70 this work the rena ndsr Of his me was do
Jesus of Nazara the last word of the title imply
peculiar opinion as to the ocsion and orthography
of the early home OF Jesus an its connection with
the name OF Nazarcrses by which the primitive Chris
tsns known late as the middle OF the second
century. This work. which consists of several
volumes. has been partially translated into
English and has appeared in the Theological
Library, inaugurated ka Great Britain under the
auspices Of Dean Stanley Principal Tunoch DIR. Ms-
tpeau and ot her liberal divinex of the several
churches. The first volume appeared in English in
1873 and other volumes in 1878 and 1877; but the
work is still probably inco nplctc in the original
German. While conceding great deal to his carly
nnasters--Bsur and Strsuss-Dr. ktdn stoltly main
tains that Luke the author Of the third Gospel
and Of the Acts john Of tive fourth Gospel and Peter
the responsible authority Tor the second Gospel. He
denies that John tine Evangelist ever IN Asia
Minor, snd consequently sscrbcs the Apocalypse to
another John of the second century While IL is not
probable thai the views of Dr. Keim will ever be &c
iepted their completeness by any religious body il
cannot be doubted that they will have q large infu
determining theOpnons OF all future writers.
of whatever school, upon the fundamental problems
OF Christianity.