100th Anniversary of Eduard Schweizer’s Birth

The University of Zurich is set to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of its former professors and rectors Eduard Schweizer by holding a seminar on “The New Testament and the Church.”

Schweizer is best known for his three commentaries on the Synoptic Gospels. I particularly liked his one on Mark, but it was his Colossians commentary that was the particular stand out. I used it a lot in writing my own Colossians commentary. Schweizer was memorable as one of the few continental hold outs who refused to get drunk on the new wine that was flowing from the vat of Bultmann’s pen in Marburg.