Gustav Adolf Deissmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gustav Adolf Deissmann

German theologian

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1866

Place of Birth: Langenscheid, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Date of Death: 05-Apr-1937

Profession: theologian, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gustav Adolf Deissmann (7 November 1866 – 5 April 1937) was a German Protestant theologian, best known for his leading work on the Greek language used in the New Testament, which he showed was the koine, or commonly used tongue of the Hellenistic world of that time.