Otto Karl Weinreich (1886–1972) was a German classical philologist.[1] He is noted for his study of the Lukan Befreiungswunder through his work Gebet und Wunder.[2]

Weinrich's works were focused on the so-called liberation miracles such as the miracles of the Dionysian "circles" (e.g. Dionysos' prison escape in the Euripides' play Bacchae).[3] The miracles also included the miraculous escape of Moses; two liberations in the text Life of Apollonius of Tyana; and, the divine deliverances in the New Testament's Acts.[2] He was also one of the editors of the Archiv für Religionswissenschaft (ARW).[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Hans Herter (1973), "Otto Weinreich", Gnomon, 45 (1), Verlag C.H.Beck: 97–101, JSTOR 27685653
  2. ^ a b Weaver, John B. (2013). Plots of Epiphany: Prison-Escape in Acts of the Apostles. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 12. ISBN 978-3110182668.
  3. ^ Matthews, Shelly (2001). First Converts: Rich Pagan Women and the Rhetoric of Mission in Early Judaism and Christianity. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. p. 72. ISBN 0804735921.
  4. ^ Junginger, Horst (2008). The Study of Religion Under the Impact of Fascism. Leiden: BRILL. pp. 155–156. ISBN 9789004163263.