HOLTZMANN, HEINRICH JULIUS Ger man Protestant theologian, was born on May 17, 1832 at Karls ruhe, where his father, K. J. Holtzmann, ultimately became prel ate and counsellor to the supreme consistory. Julius studied at Berlin, and became (1874) professor at Strasbourg. He wrote commentaries on the Synoptics (1889; 3rd ed., 1901), the Johan nine books (1890; 3rd ed., 2908), and the Acts of the Apostles (19o1), in the series Handkommentar zum Neuen Testament.
Other noteworthy works are the Lehrbuch der histor.-kritischen Einleitung in das Neue Testament (1885, 3rd ed. 1892), and the Lehrbuch der neutestamentlichen Theologie (2 vols., 1896-97; 2nd ed., 191I).