Between the Swastika and the Sickle: The Life, Disappearance, and Execution of Ernst Lohmeyer

by James R. Edwards

Book Overview

The life, theological contribution, and mysterious disappearance of one of the more important New Testament scholars in the twentieth century

On February 15, 1946, the Soviet NKVD raided the home of Ernst Lohmeyer just hours before his inauguration as the president of Greifswald University in Germany. Lohmeyer had survived active duty in both World War I and World War II. A New Testament scholar and theologian, he resisted the rise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802876188
• ISBN13: 9780802876188
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.6"