Hermann Hupfeld (March 31, 1796 – April 24, 1866),
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and Biblical commentator, was born at
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, where he studied
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and
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from 1813 to 1817.
In 1819 he became a teacher in the gymnasium at
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, but in 1822 resigned that appointment. After studying for some time at Halle, he in 1824 settled as
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in philosophy at that university, and in the following year was appointed extraordinary professor of theology at Marburg.
Hermann Hupfeld (March 31, 1796 – April 24, 1866),
GermanGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
OrientalistOriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the term Asian studies has mostly replaced the older term. European study of the region had primarily religious origins,...
and Biblical commentator, was born at
MarburgMarburg is a city in Hesse, Germany, on the River Lahn. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Its population is 78,701, and its geographical position is .- Founding and early history :...
, where he studied
philosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing these questions by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on reasoned...
and
theologyThe term "theology" literally means the study of God, deriving from the Greek word theos, meaning 'God', and the suffix -ology from the Greek word logos meaning "discourse", "theory", or "reasoning"...
from 1813 to 1817.
In 1819 he became a teacher in the gymnasium at
HanauHanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main.-Districts :-History:Hanau was first mentioned in 1143 and became a city in 1303....
, but in 1822 resigned that appointment. After studying for some time at Halle, he in 1824 settled as
PrivatdozentPrivate docent is a title conferred in some European university systems, especially in German-speaking countries, for someone who pursues an academic career and holds all formal qualifications to become a tenured university professor.-Becoming:Privatedocentship is conferred to academics who have...
in philosophy at that university, and in the following year was appointed extraordinary professor of theology at Marburg. There he received the ordinary professorships of Oriental languages and of theology in 1827 and 1830 respectively. Thirteen years later he removed as successor of
Wilhelm GeseniusHeinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius was a German orientalist and Biblical critic.He was born at Nordhausen...
to Halle.
In 1865 he was accused by some theologians of the
HengstenbergErnst Wilhelm Hengstenberg , was a German Lutheran churchman and neo-Lutheran theologian.He was born at Frondenberg, a Westphalian village, and was educated by his father, who was a minister of the Reformed Church and head of the Frondenberg convent of canonesses...
school of
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doctrines. From this charge, however, he successfully cleared himself, the entire theological faculty, including
Julius MüllerJulius Müller , was a German Protestant theologian.His brothers were Karl Otfried Müller and Eduard Müller ....
and August Tholuck, bearing testimony to his sufficient
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. He died at Halle on 24 April 1866.
His earliest works in the department of Semitic
philologyPhilology considers both form and meaning in linguistic expression, combining linguistics and literary studies.Classical philology is the philology of the Greek, Latin and Sanskrit languages...
(
Exercitationes Aethiopicae, 1825, and
De emendanda ratione lexicographiae Semiticae, 1827) were followed by the first part (1841), mainly historical and critical, of an
Ausführliche Hebräische Grammatik, which he did not live to complete, and by a treatise on the early history of
HebrewHebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Culturally, it is considered a Jewish language. Hebrew in its modern form is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel while Classical Hebrew has been used for prayer or study in Jewish communities around the world for over...
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among the
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s (
De rei grammaticae apud Judaeos initiis antiquissimisque scriptoribus, Halle, 1846).
His principal contribution to Biblical literature, the exegetical and critical
Übersetzung und Auslegung der Psalmen, began to appear in 1855, and was completed in 1861 (2nd ed. by
E RiehmEduard Karl August Riehm , was a German Protestant theologian.He was born at Diersburg in Baden. He studied theology and philology at Heidelberg and later at Halle under Hermann Hupfeld, who persuaded him to include Arabic, Syriac and Egyptian...
, 1867-1871, 3rd ed. 1888). Other writings are:
- Über Begriff und Methode der sogenannten biblischen Einleitung (Marburg, 1844)
- De primitiva et Vera festorum apud Hebraeos ratione (Halle, 1851-1864)
- Die Quellen der Genesis von neuem untersucht (Berlin, 1853)
- Die heutige theosophische oder mythologische Theologie und Schrifterklärung (1861).
See E Riehm,
Hermann Hupfeld (Halle, 1867); W Kay,
Crisis Hupeldiana (1865); and the article by
A. KamphausenAdolf Kamphausen was a German Protestant theologian, born at Solingen and educated at Bonn. In 1855, as private secretary to Bunsen, he assisted him in his great Bibelwerk. At the same time he was privatdocent at Heidelberg, and in 1863 he became professor of theology at Bonn...
in Band viii of
HerzogJohann Jakob Herzog , German Protestant theologian, was born at Basel.He studied at Basel and Berlin, and eventually settled at Erlangen as professor of church history....
-
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's
Realencyklopädie (1900).