Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer (1800–1873)

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Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer (1800–1873) was a prominent German Lutheran theologian, pastor, and biblical scholar. He is best remembered as the author of the monumental Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, widely regarded as one of the most foundational and rigorous exegetical works in modern biblical studies.
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I just came across the writer. Wanted to hear from the Forum users before going further. It is actual opinion and review from the forum I seek. Please leave out negatives and denominational viewpoints. Those can be sent by private messaging if you desire? I ask for direction not negatives on a writer. Seeking only Biblical, Doctrinal, Bible Study views. Thank you.
 
Try CoPilot or one of the common AI tools to get information on Meyer. I did and it was very thorough. I guess my question would be: Is his work translated into English? Is it in the public domain?
 
Thanks for the response. Yes it is in English. The works Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer (1800–1873) clear the Public Domsin both Europe and USA. Death plus 60 and death plus 70. To my understanding.
 
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Thanks for the response. Yes it is in English. The works Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer (1800–1873) clear the Public Domsin both Europe and USA. Death plus 60 and death plus 70. To my understanding.
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Were you desiring it to be incorporated into Swordsearchers?
 
That was the plan, until I saw that it was 21 volumes. Ha! Too big for me, so I have all the PDF and Word docs. Will utilize for personal use at this point. I went ahead and downloaded those and looking at others.
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While the material is vast and an intense workload to convert into SwordSearcher, I will probably do as David Cloud has done and use parts or books, like his Romans and Acts works, which are very good as David Cloud uses and refers too in a Way of Life SwordSearcher Module:

[THTBU] Things Hard to be Understood
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Excerpt: from module
[THTBU] Things Hard to be Understood

Way of Life Literature,
Ro. 16:17-18
"THE ARTICLE DENOTES THOSE ANTI-PAULINE DIVISIONS AND OFFENCES --— i.e. temptations to departure from the true Christian faith and life, well known to the readers,--—which at that time arose in so many quarters in Pauline churches, and might readily threaten the Romans also" ( Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer, Critical and Exegetical Handbook to the Epistle to the Romans, Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1876, p. 378).
 
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer secured the services of three close friends and trusted German theological scholars to complete the final 5 volumes of the 21-volume New Testament Commentary:
  • Dr. Gottlieb Lünemann: Wrote 2 volumes covering Thessalonians and Hebrews.
  • Dr. Johann Eduard Huther: Wrote 2 volumes covering the Pastoral Epistles (1 & 2 Timothy, Titus) and the General/Catholic Epistles (James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2 & 3 John, Jude).
  • Dr. Friedrich Düsterdieck: Wrote the final volume on the Revelation of John (The Apocalypse).
Post-Death Editors
Following Meyer's death in 1873, a second wave of famous scholars stepped in to continuously revise and edit later German editions of his work. This group included prominent figures like Bernhard Weiss, Hans Hinrich Wendt, and Rudolf Bultmann.
 
Specifiaclly, books that they worked on.
  • Gottlieb Lünemann: 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, and Hebrews.
  • Johann Eduard Huther: 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon (jointly revised), James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude.
  • Friedrich Düsterdieck: Revelation (The Apocalypse).
The full set of commentaries was printed at different times depending on the language edition:
  • Original German Edition: The entire set was fully completed and printed by 1859. Individual volumes originally rolled out over a span of decades starting in 1832.
  • English Translation (T&T Clark): The complete English library was translated and printed between 1873 and 1882 in Edinburgh.
  • American Edition (Funk & Wagnalls): A condensed, updated 11-volume set was printed in the United States between 1884 and 1888.
I am now tracking down Word versions if they exist. If not then conversion will be forthcoming. But realistically if I just build a module that links to the actual PDF files this would be fine with me. I do not plan on doing ths like it should be done for SwordSearcher, I am just not that smart. Or even have that time.
 
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