'''Theodor Zahn''' or '''Theodor von Zahn''' (1838 - 1933) was a Biblical Scholar born in Rhineland, Prussia (now Germany). He was professor of Theology at Erlangen, and distinguished for his eminent scholarship in connection with the matter especially of the New_Testament canon. He stood at the head of the conservative New_Testament scholarship of his time. Some of his more important writings are: * ''Der Hirt des Hermas untersucht'' (1868) * ''Patrum Apostolicorum Opera'' (1875-78; fifth edition, 1905) * ''Forschungen zur Geschichte des neutestamentlichen Kanons und der altkirchlichen Litteratur'' (eight volumes, 1881-1908) * ''Geschichte des neutestamentlichen Kanons'' (two volumes, 1889-92) * ''Das apostolische Symbolum'' (1892; English translation, ''The Apostles' Creed'', 1899) * ''Einleitung in das neue Testament'' (two volumes, 1897-1900; third edition, 1906-07; English translation, ''Introduction to the New Testament'', three volumes, 1909) * ''Brot und Salz aus Gottes Wort'', 20 sermons, (1901); English translation, ''Bread and Salt from the Word of God'', (1905) * ''Grundriss der Geschichte des neutestamentlichen Kanons'' (1901; second edition, 1904) * ''Das Evangelium des Lucas'' (1912) {{Nuttall}} Zahn, Theodor Zahn, Theodor Zahn, Theodor Zahn, Theodor Zahn, Theodor {{reli-bio-stub}}