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'''Ernst Friedrich Karl Rosenmüller''' (December 10, 1768 – September 17, 1835) was a German [[oriental studies|Orientalist]] and [[theologian]] born in Heßberg, now a part of [[Veilsdorf]] in the [[Hildburghausen (district)|District of Hildburghausen]], [[Thuringia]].
'''Ernst Friedrich Karl Rosenmüller''' (10 December 1768 in Heßberg ([[Hildburghausen (district)|Hildburghausen]]) – 17 September 1835 in [[Leipzig]]) was a German [[oriental studies|Orientalist]] and [[Protestant]] [[theologian]].<ref>{{Cite ADB|29|215|217|Rosenmüller, Ernst Friedrich Karl|[[Carl Siegfried]]|ADB:Rosenmüller, Ernst Friedrich Karl}}</ref>


== Biography ==
He was a student at the Universities of [[University of Erlangen|Erlangen]], [[University of Giessen|Giessen]] and [[University of Leipzig|Leipzig]], and at [[Leipzig]] studied under his father, theologian [[Johann Georg Rosenmüller]] (1736-1815). In 1796 he became an associate professor in Arabic studies at Leipzig, where in 1813 he was appointed professor of [[Oriental studies|Oriental languages]].
He was the eldest son of the [[Rationalism (theology)|rationalist theologian]] [[Johann Georg Rosenmüller]]. His brother [[Johann Christian Rosenmüller]] (1771 – 1820) was a prominent German anatomist. He became identified with the [[University of Leipzig]], first as a student, in 1792 as a tutor, extraordinary professor of Arabic in 1796, and ordinary professor of Oriental languages from 1813 to the time of his death, 1835. He promoted the study of the [[Arabic language]], brought within the reach of theologians the rapidly increasing knowledge of his day with reference to the conditions of the East, and endeavored to raise the exposition of the language and statements of the Old Testament to the level of the science of his day.<ref>{{citation | editor=[[John McClintock (theologian)|John McClintock]] | editor2=[[James Strong (theologian)|James Strong]] | entry=Rosenmüller, Ernst Friedrich Karl | title=[[Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]] | volume=9 | publisher=Harper & Brothers | year=1894 | pages=133–134}}</ref> His Bible commentaries and Arab lexical studies were significant scholarly achievements.<ref>{{citation | author=Zev Garber | entry=ROSENMUELLER, ERNST FRIEDRICH KARL | title=[[Encyclopaedia Judaica]] | edition=2nd | volume=17 | year=2007 | publisher=Gale | page=449 | isbn=978-0-02-865945-9}}</ref>


== Publications ==
Rosenmüller was the author of a major [[exegesis|exegetical]] work on the [[Old Testament]] titled ''Scholia in Vetus Testamentum''. This work consisted of 24 parts and its publication spanned several decades (1788-1835). He also published editions of [[Samuel Bochart]]'s ''Hierozoicon'' (1796) and [[Robert Lowth]]'s treatise on [[Jewish literature#Poetry|Hebrew poetry]], ''De Sacra Poesi Hebraeorum Praelectiones Academicae'' (1815).
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* ''Scholia in Vetus Testamentum'' (16 pts., 1788–1817; excerpted in 5 pts., 1828–35)
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* ''Handbuch für die Litteratur der biblischen Kritik und Exegese'' (4 pts., 1797–1800)
* ''Institutiones ad fundamenta linguae arabicae'' (1818)
* ''Das alte und neue Morgenland, oder Erläuterungen der heiligen Schrift aus der natürlichen Beschaffenheit, den Sagen, Sitten und Gebräuchen des Morgenlands'' (6 vols., 1818–20)
* ''Handbuch der biblischen Alterthumskunde'' (4 vols., 1823–31), of which portions concerning the flora, fauna and mineralogy of the Holy Land were translated into English:
** ''Biblical Geography of Asia Minor, Phoenicia, and Arabia'' (1836)
** ''Biblical Geography of Central Asia'' (2 vols., 1836–37)
** ''Mineralogy and Botany of the Bible'' (1840) [https://archive.org/details/mineralogybotany27rose]
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* ''Analecta Arabica'' (1824)


Further, he published editions of [[Samuel Bochart|Bochart]]'s ''Hierozoicon'' (1796) with notes by himself, and of [[Robert Lowth|Lowth]]'s ''Prælectiones'' (Leipsic, 1815), and brought out a pocket edition of the [[Hebrew Bible]] (Halle, 1822), besides writing a preface to [[August Hahn|Hahn]]'s edition of 1830.<ref>{{citation | editor=[[Isidore Singer]]|display-editors=etal| author1=[[Crawford Howell Toy]] | author2=[[Joseph Jacobs]] | entry=ROSENMÜLLER, ERNST FRIEDRICH KARL | title=[[Jewish Encyclopedia]] | volume=10 | year=1906 | page=477}}</ref>
== Selected publications ==
* ''Die Sitten der Beduinen-Araber: mit einem biblisch-zoologischen Anhang des Uebersetzers'' (The Customs of [[Bedouin]] Arabs, with Biblical-zoological addendum); (source: [[Laurent d'Arvieux]]); (1789)
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* ''Handbuch für die Literatur der biblischen Kritik und Exegese'' (Manual for Literature of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis), (1797)
* ''Biblisch-exegetisches Repertorium, oder die neuesten Fortschritte in Erklärung der heiligen Schrift'' (Biblical-exegetical Repertory, or the latest Advances in Explanation of the [[Holy Scriptures]]); (with Georg Hieronymus Rosenmüller, 1822-1824)
* ''Handbuch der biblischen Alterthumskunde'' (Textbook of Biblical [[Archaeology]]), (1823-1830)
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* ''Analecta Arabica'', (3 volumes 1824-27)
* ''Biblische Erd- und Länderkunde: mit einer Charte und vier lithographischen Abbildungen'' (Biblical Earth and Area Studies: with a Map and four [[Lithographic]] Illustrations), 1823
* ''Das biblische Mineral- und Pflanzenreich'' (The Biblical Mineral and Plant Kingdom), 1830
* ''Biblische Naturgeschichte'' (Biblical [[Natural History]]), 1830-1831
* ''Das biblische Thierreich'' (The Biblical Animal Kingdom), (1831)
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* ''Scholia in Vetus Testamentum'' (24 parts, 1788-1835)


== References ==
== References ==
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* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=R&artid=392] biography @ [[Jewish Encyclopedia]]

* ''Parts of this article are based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.''
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Latest revision as of 01:16, 24 February 2024

Ernst Friedrich Karl Rosenmüller (10 December 1768 in Heßberg (Hildburghausen) – 17 September 1835 in Leipzig) was a German Orientalist and Protestant theologian.[1]

Biography

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He was the eldest son of the rationalist theologian Johann Georg Rosenmüller. His brother Johann Christian Rosenmüller (1771 – 1820) was a prominent German anatomist. He became identified with the University of Leipzig, first as a student, in 1792 as a tutor, extraordinary professor of Arabic in 1796, and ordinary professor of Oriental languages from 1813 to the time of his death, 1835. He promoted the study of the Arabic language, brought within the reach of theologians the rapidly increasing knowledge of his day with reference to the conditions of the East, and endeavored to raise the exposition of the language and statements of the Old Testament to the level of the science of his day.[2] His Bible commentaries and Arab lexical studies were significant scholarly achievements.[3]

Publications

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  • Scholia in Vetus Testamentum (16 pts., 1788–1817; excerpted in 5 pts., 1828–35)
  • Handbuch für die Litteratur der biblischen Kritik und Exegese (4 pts., 1797–1800)
  • Institutiones ad fundamenta linguae arabicae (1818)
  • Das alte und neue Morgenland, oder Erläuterungen der heiligen Schrift aus der natürlichen Beschaffenheit, den Sagen, Sitten und Gebräuchen des Morgenlands (6 vols., 1818–20)
  • Handbuch der biblischen Alterthumskunde (4 vols., 1823–31), of which portions concerning the flora, fauna and mineralogy of the Holy Land were translated into English:
    • Biblical Geography of Asia Minor, Phoenicia, and Arabia (1836)
    • Biblical Geography of Central Asia (2 vols., 1836–37)
    • Mineralogy and Botany of the Bible (1840) [1]
  • Analecta Arabica (1824)

Further, he published editions of Bochart's Hierozoicon (1796) with notes by himself, and of Lowth's Prælectiones (Leipsic, 1815), and brought out a pocket edition of the Hebrew Bible (Halle, 1822), besides writing a preface to Hahn's edition of 1830.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Carl Siegfried (1889), "Rosenmüller, Ernst Friedrich Karl", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 29, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 215–217
  2. ^ John McClintock; James Strong, eds. (1894), "Rosenmüller, Ernst Friedrich Karl", Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. 9, Harper & Brothers, pp. 133–134
  3. ^ Zev Garber (2007), "ROSENMUELLER, ERNST FRIEDRICH KARL", Encyclopaedia Judaica, vol. 17 (2nd ed.), Gale, p. 449, ISBN 978-0-02-865945-9
  4. ^ Crawford Howell Toy; Joseph Jacobs (1906), "ROSENMÜLLER, ERNST FRIEDRICH KARL", in Isidore Singer; et al. (eds.), Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 10, p. 477
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