Georg Benedikt Winer

Template:Short description Georg Benedikt Winer (13 April 1789, Leipzig – 12 May 1858, Leipzig) was a German Protestant theologian, known for his linguistic studies of the New Testament. Theologically, Winer was an "anti-trinitarian".<ref>A.T. Robertson, The Minister and His Greek New Testament (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1977), 66.</ref>

Life

After attending the Old St Nicholas School in Leipzig, he studied theology at the Leipzig University. In 1819 he began work as a curator at the Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig. In 1823 he became a full professor of theology at the University of Erlangen, then in 1832 returned to Leipzig, where he worked in a similar role as in Erlangen. On several separate occasions he served as dean to the theological faculty, and in 1842 was named university rector.<ref name=LE>Prof. Dr. phil. et theol. Johann Georg Benedikt Winer Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig</ref>

From 1824 to 1830 he edited with J. G. V. Engelhardt, the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, and alone from 1826 to 1832, the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.<ref>Beiträge zur sächsischen Kirchengeschichte, Issue 3 Google Books</ref> He is well known as the author of a {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (1821, 8th edition, revised by P. W. Schmiedel, 1894 ff.), of which several translations have appeared, one of them being by W. F. MoultonTemplate:Sfn (1870, 3rd edition 1882; "A Treatise on the Grammar of New Testament Greek").<ref>Linguistic Analysis of the Greek New Testament: Studies in Tools, Methods ... by Stanley E. Porter</ref>

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• {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (1824; 4th edition by P. Ewald, 1882; English translation as "A comparative view of the doctrines and confessions of the various communities of Christendom", 1873).<ref>Catalogue of the Library of Princeton Theological Seminary ..., Part 1 by Princeton Theological Seminary. Library</ref>
• {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (1820; 3rd edition 1847–1848, 2 volumes) – Biblical dictionary.
• {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (1824; 3rd edition by B Fischer, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, 1882; English translation as Grammar of the Chaldee Language as contained in the Bible and the Targums, 1842).<ref>The Christian Review, Volume 10 Google Books</ref>
• {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (1820; 3rd edition 1838–1840, 2 volumes; supplement, 1842) – Handbook of theological literature.<ref name=LE/>

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Further reading

• W. Schmidt, Zum Gedachtnis Dr. G. B. Winer, in the Beitrage zur sächsischen Kirchengeschichte.
• ADB:Winer, Georg Benedikt at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.