Schmidt, Paul

(Wilhelm), Ph.D. (Halle, 1865), Lie. Theol. (Berlin, 1867), D.D. (hon., Stra burg, 1885), Protestant theologian; b. in Berlin, Dec. 25, 1845; educated at Berlin; was privat-docent there, 1869-76; editor of the Protestant is che Kirchenzeilung, 1870-76; general secretary of the German Protestant Union, 1874-76; became ordinary profe or of theology at Basel, 1876; since 1880 has been a member of the Basel Kirchenrath. He was a contributor to the Protest an ten-Bibel, Neuent Testaments, Leipzig, 1873, 3d ed. 1879 (English trans, by Francis Henry Jones, B.A., A Short Protestant Commentary on the Books of the Neio Testament, London, 18S2-84, 3 vols.); and has written independently, Spinoza u. Schleiermacher, Berlin, 1868; Neutestamentliche Hyperkritik, an dem jilngslen Angriff gegen die JEclitheil des Philip per brie fes auf Hire Methode hin vntersucht. Nebst e. Erklarg. d. Briefes, 1880; Der erste The alonicherbricf, neu erkldrt, Nebst e. Excurs ub. d. zweiten gleichnam. Brief, 1885; numerous articles and pamphlets upon theological and ecclesiastical subjects, e.g., as in F. von Holtzendorff's Zeit u. Streit fragen.