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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]]. |
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[[File:GrabtafelnRosenmüller.JPG|right|thumb|Commemorative plaque for Ernst Friedrich Karl and Johann Georg Rosenmüller at Alter Johannisfriedhof Leipzig.]] |
[[File:GrabtafelnRosenmüller.JPG|right|thumb|Commemorative plaque for Ernst Friedrich Karl and [[Johann Georg Rosenmüller]] at [[Alter Johannisfriedhof]], Leipzig.]] |
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Rosenmüller was the author of a major [[exegesis|exegetical]] work on the [[Old Testament]] |
Rosenmüller was the author of a major [[exegesis|exegetical]] work on the [[Old Testament]] entitled ''Scholia in Vetus Testamentum''. This work consisted of 24 parts and its publication spanned several decades (1788–1835), with a five-volume abridged edition also published in 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> |
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== Selected publications == |
== Selected publications == |
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Revision as of 04:44, 27 October 2015
Ernst Friedrich Karl Rosenmüller (December 10, 1768 – September 17, 1835) was a German Orientalist and Protestant 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.
Rosenmüller was the author of a major exegetical work on the Old Testament entitled Scholia in Vetus Testamentum. This work consisted of 24 parts and its publication spanned several decades (1788–1835), with a five-volume abridged edition also published in 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
- [1] biography @ Jewish Encyclopedia
- "Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia".
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