Holtzmann, HEINRICH JULIUS, an eminent theologian, was son of the Germanist Adolf Holtzmann. He was born at Karlsruhe, 17th May 1832, became in 1861 extra-ordinary, in 1865 ordinary professor of Theology at Heidelberg, and obeyed in 1874 a call to the theological faculty at Strasburg. Holtzmann set out as an exponent of the 'Vermittelungstheologie,' but gradually let slip its assumptions, and now stands one of the chief representatives of the more advanced modern school.
Among his writings are Kanon und Tradition (1859), Die Synoptischen Evangelien (1863), Kritik der Epheser- und Kolosserbriefe (1872), Die Pastoralbriefe (1881), and an introduction to the New Testament (1885). Besides these he prepared the New Testament portion of Bunsen's Bibelwerk; published two volumes of sermons (1865 and 1873); along with G. Weber, Geschichte des Volkes Israel (1867); and with Zöpffel, the Lexikon für Theologie und Kirchenwesen (1882). He has also contributed extensively to the theological reviews.