Julius Fürst

Julius Fürst ( born May 12, 1805 in Tserkov in Poznan, † February 9, 1873 in Leipzig ) was a German orientalist.

Life

Prince studied in Berlin ( in Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel), Breslau and Halle (with Wilhelm Gesenius ). He was a renowned scholar of Semitic languages ​​and a representative of the Haskalah. His research field mainly involved the Semitic linguistics and literature and history of the Middle East. For Leopold Zunz ' edition of the Bible, he translated the books of Daniel and Ezra 1838. 1840 to 1851 he edited the Judeo -Enlightenment weekly Der Orient.

Among his friends was one in 1834, the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, with whom he corresponded well. In 1848, Prince held up in Berlin and welcomed the local March Revolution. Under the impact of the events to be German freedom song, which was set to music by Robert Schumann was born.

Because of its excellent academic achievements, he received in 1857 a professorship at the University of Leipzig, where he was a lecturer at first and in 1864 appointed the first Jew professor. He headed the Department of Oriental Languages ​​and Literature from 1864-1873 and wrote during this time numerous publications. He is best known as editor of The Orient (the Orient. Reports, studies and reviews for Jewish history and literature. Leipzig 1840-1851 ), which was devoted to the study of the cultural, historical and linguistic roots of Judaism.

Works

  • Librorum Sacrorum Veteris Testamenti Concordantiae Hebraicae atque Chaldaicae. Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1840.
  • Hebrew and Chaldean school dictionary on the Old Testament. Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1842.
  • Bibliotheca Judaica. Bibliographical Handbook of the entire Jewish literature including the writings on Jews and Judaism, and a history of the Jewish Bibliography. 3 volumes. Engelmann, Leipzig 1849 ( digitized Volume 1 ), 1851 ( digitized Volume 2 ), 1863 ( digitized Volume 3 ).
  • History of Karäerthums. 3 volumes. Leiner, Leipzig 1862 ( digitized Volume 1 ), 1865 ( digitized Volume 2 ), 1869.
  • Biblia germanica et hebraica. Illustrirte splendor Bible for Israelites. Payne, Leipzig 1874.
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