who came to be known as “the Pannenberg Circle.” These included Klaus Koch, an OT scholar who wrote The Rediscovery of Apocalyptic; a second OT scholar, R. Rendtorff, who wrote on tradition; U. Wilkens, who wrote on the NT; D. Rössler, who shared an interest in NT apocalyptic; J. Moltmann, who wrote on systematic theology; and T. Rendtorff, who wrote on society. Additionally at Göttingen, the philosopher N. Hartmann and K. Löwith had concerns about the meaning of history; while at Heidelberg, Gerhard
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