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'''Ernst Friedrich Karl Rosenmüller''' (December 10, 1768 – September 17, 1835) was a German [[oriental studies|Orientalist]] and [[theologian]] who was born in Heßberg, which is now a part of [[Veilsdorf]] in the [[Hildburghausen (district)|District of Hildburghausen]], [[Thuringia]].
'''Ernst Friedrich Karl Rosenmüller''' (December 10, 1768 – September 17, 1835) was a German [[oriental studies|Orientalist]] and [[theologian]] born in Heßberg, which is now a part of [[Veilsdorf]] in the [[Hildburghausen (district)|District of Hildburghausen]], [[Thuringia]].


Rosenmüller 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]].
Rosenmüller 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]].
[[File:GrabtafelnRosenmüller.JPG|right|thumb|Grabtafeln for Ernst Friedrich Karl and Johann Georg Rosenmüller at Alter Johannisfriedhof Leipzig.]]

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).
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'' (1793–96) and [[Robert Lowth]]'s treatise on [[Jewish literature#Poetry|Hebrew poetry]], ''De Sacra Poesi Hebraeorum Praelectiones Academicae'' (1815).<ref>[http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Rosenm%C3%BCller,_Ernst_Friedrich_Karl ADB: Rosenmüller, Ernst Friedrich Karl] at [[Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie]]</ref>


== Selected publications ==
== Selected publications ==
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== References ==
== References ==
* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=R&artid=392] biography @ [[Jewish Encyclopedia]]
* [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.''
* "Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the [[German Wikipedia]]".
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Ernst Friedrich Karl Rosenmüller (December 10, 1768 – September 17, 1835) was a German Orientalist and theologian born in Heßberg, which is now a part of Veilsdorf in the District of Hildburghausen, Thuringia.

Rosenmüller was a student at the Universities of Erlangen, Giessen and 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 languages.

Grabtafeln for Ernst Friedrich Karl and Johann Georg Rosenmüller at Alter Johannisfriedhof Leipzig.

Rosenmüller was the author of a major 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 (1793–96) and Robert Lowth's treatise on Hebrew poetry, De Sacra Poesi Hebraeorum Praelectiones Academicae (1815).[1]

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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Scholia in Vetus Testamentum (24 parts, 1788-1835)

References

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