Ferdinand Christian Baur

Ferdinand Christian Baur was a German Protestant theologian and founder and leader of the (new) Tübingen School of theology. Following Hegel's theory of dialectic, Baur argued that second century Christianity represented the synthesis of two opposing theses: Jewish Christianity and Gentile Christianity. This and the rest of Baur's work had a profound impact upon higher criticism of biblical and related texts.

21 June 1792

Born on the same birth day (21 June): Adrianus de Jong • Enn Reitel • Joey Molland • John Edrich • Lana Del Rey • Ludwig Lange (physicist) • Margit Bara • Mariette Hartley • Nils Lofgren • Sonique (musician) • Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie • Tyrone May • Vladimir Simagin • Wade Phillips

Born in the same month (June 1792): James Beaumont Neilson • John Linnell (painter) • Thomas Mitchell (explorer)