Gerhard von Rad

Gerhard von Rad
Born	(1901-10-21)21 October 1901 Nuremberg, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	31 October 1971(1971-10-31) (aged 70) Heidelberg, West Germany
Education	University of Erlangen and University of Tübingen

Church	Lutheran
Writings	The Problem of the Hexateuch and other essays
Offices held	Professor of Old Testament, University of Heidelberg
Title	Reverend Doctor

Gerhard von Rad (21 October 1901 – 31 October 1971) was a German theologian, academic, and University of Heidelberg professor.

Rad was born in Nuremberg, Bavaria, to Lutheran parents. He then went on to be educated at the University of Erlangen and further at the University of Tübingen.

In 1925, he became a curate in the Lutheran Landeskirche (i.e. the church in the federal state) of Bavaria. Later, he taught at the University of Erlangen in 1929 as tutor. In 1930 he was a privatdozent at the University of Leipzig. From 1934 to 1945 he served as a professor at the University of Jena and later at the University of Göttingen from 1945 to 1949. After that, he became Professor of Old Testament at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg in the state of Baden-Württemberg and taught there until his death in 1971.

He was conferred honorary doctorates from the University of Lund, Sweden and the University of Wales, United Kingdom.