Description: Cremer's short, energetic treatise on the divine attributes was admired by both Karl Barth and Wolfhart Pannenberg. Cremer chastises the speculative flights of traditional doctrines of the divine attributes and issues a resounding summons to a more exegetically, economically, and christologically grounded account. Known primarily as a biblical scholar for his Biblico-Theological Lexicon of New Testament Greek, precursor to the monumental TDNT, Cremer shows himself here also an able systematician, with a pastor's eye for the role played by doctrine in the life of congregational and individual faith.
Brief description: Hermann Cremer (1834-1903) was a Protestant biblical scholar and theologian. From 1870 until his death Cremer taught at the University of Greifswald in northeastern Germany. He is known especially for his Biblico-Theological Lexicon of New Testament Greek.