Hans-Martin Schenke (April 25, 1929, in Oschersleben – September 4, 2002, in Berlin) was a German Protestant theologian, New Testament scholar, and Coptologist known for his pioneering studies on Gnosticism and Coptic manuscripts.
in New Testament Studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin, in 1956, with his thesis titled Das Verhältnis von Indikativ und Imperativ bei Paulus.
He then obtained a doctorate in Egyptology in 1960, completing the thesis Die Orakel im Alten Ägypten, and finished his habilitation in New Testament Studies later that year, with the dissertation Der Gott "Mensch" in der Gnosis.
Ein religionsgeschichtlicher Beitrag zur Diskussion über die paulinische Anschauung von der Kirche als Leib Christi.
From 1960 to 1964, he first taught as a lecturer, then from 1964 to 1994 as Professor of New Testament Studies at the Faculty of Theology of the Humboldt University of Berlin.