Schweitzer studied Protestant theology at the
University of Marburg, the
University of Zurich and the
University of Basel; in these institutions he was a student of
Rudolf K. Bultmann,
H. Emil Brunner and
Karl Barth. He received his degree in theology in 1938 and became a Protestant Pastor in
Nesslau. From 1941 he taught New Testament studies at the University of Zurich (1941–1946), the
University of Mainz (1946–1949) and the
University of Bonn (1949–1950). In 1950 he was appointed to the New Testament chair of the University of Zurich, where he was Rector from 1964 to 1966; he also chaired the
Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas in 1969. He retired from teaching in 1979 and died in
Zurich in 2006. ==Works==