Ernst Sellin
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Ernst Sellin (May 26, 1867 in Alt Schwerin - January 1, 1946 in Epichnellen bei Eisenach) was a German theologian.
Sellin studied theology and oriental languages. During 1897 - 1908 he taught at the evangelical faculty of theology in Vienna, during 1908 - 1913 at the University of Rostock, during 1913 - 1921 in Kiel and in 1921 - 1935 in Berlin.
Sellin was pioneer of application of archaeology into Biblical sciences. He participated on excavations in Palestine (e.g. in Jericho, Ta'anakh nd Shechem).
As a theologian he dealt with topics from Old Testament. He also tried to integrate ideas of Sigmund Freud into theology.
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