Hans Wilhelm Frei (1922–1988) was an American biblical scholar and theologian who is best known for work on biblical hermeneutics.
Frei's work played a major role in the development of postliberal theology (also called narrative theology or the Yale school of theology).
His best-known and most influential work is his 1974 book, The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative (Yale University Press), which examined the history of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century biblical hermeneutics in England and Germany.
Frei spent much of his career teaching at Yale Divinity School.