Hermann Hupfeld

Christian Karl Friedrich Hermann Hupfeld ( born March 31, 1796 in Marburg, † April 24, 1866 in Halle ( Saale) ) was a German Protestant theologian and orientalist.

Life and work

Hupfeld studied ancient and oriental languages ​​and Protestant Theology at the University of Marburg and in 1817 received his doctorate with a thesis on Sophocles. From 1819 to 1822 he was a secondary school teacher at the High State School in Hanau.

In 1824 he was awarded the doctorate at the University of Halle. Hupfeld in 1825 associate professor of theology at the University of Marburg and 1827 at the same time Professor of Oriental Languages ​​. In 1843 he was the successor of Wilhelm Gesenius at Halle.

Science History Hupfeld is important insofar as he is considered the founder of Modern Records hypothesis.

For his contributions to the welfare of the University, he was appointed in 1834 an honorary citizen of the city of Marburg.

The Superintendent David Hupfeld (1836-1916) is a son of the Practical Theologian Renatus Hupfeld a grandson of Hermann Hupfeld. The composer and leader Bernhard Hupfeld was his grandfather.

Works

• The Psalms. Translated and adapted by Hermann Hupfeld. 1855-1861; 2nd edition ed. by Eduard Riehm, 1867-1871; 3rd edition, 1888.
• About the concept and method of the so-called biblical introduction, together with a survey of its history and literature. Elwert, Marburg 1844 ( digitized ).
• Commentatio de primitiva et vera ratione festorum apud Hebraeos ex legum Mosaicarum varietate eruenda. 4 parts. Gebauer, Hall 1851-1865.
• The sources of Genesis and the nature of their composition. Berlin 1853.
• Today's theosophical or mythological theology and Scriptural interpretation. Berlin 1861.
• Documents of a friendship in difficult times. Hermann Hupfeld and Johann Wolfgang Bickell. Correspondence from 1832 to 1848. Edited and with an introduction provided by Otto Kaiser. Historical Commission for Hesse, Marburg 2010.