Wilhelm Vischer

Wilhelm Eduard Vischer (30 April 1895 in Davos – 27 November 1988 in Montpellier) was a Swiss pastor, theologian, Hebraist, Old Testament scholar and amateur Lied lyricist.

In the same year he published the first volume of Das Christuszeugnis des Alten Testaments on the Pentateuch.

[3] In the time of rising anti-Semitism in Germany, Visscher defends the Old Testament against all takers.

He defends the idea that Jesus is the Christ in the sense in which the Old Testament defines Israel's Messiah.

Besides the obstacles Vischer faced in his time, he found a supporter and friend in Karl Barth and his neoorthodox theology.