Franz Delitzsch
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Franz Delitzsch (1813, Delitzsch - March 4, 1890) was a German Lutheran theologian and Hebraist. He held the professorship of theology at Rostock from 1846 to 1850, at Erlangen until 1867, and after that at Leipzig until his death. Delitzsch wrote many commentaries on books of the Bible, Jewish antiquities, biblical psychology, a history of Jewish poetry, and Christian apologetics.
He defended the Jewish community against anti-Semitic attacks and translated the New Testament into Hebrew, In 1880 he established the Institutum Judaicum in Leipzig for the training of missionary workers among Jews.
Today Delitzsch is best known for his collaboration with J. F. K. Keil (1807-1888) on a commentary series which covers the whole of the Old Testament and is still in print, having first appeared in 1861, as well as for his translation of the New Testament into Hebrew. Delitzsch contributed the commentaries on Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, and Isaiah. Delitzsch's translation is still considered the standard New Testament edition in Hebrew. It is remarkable in that it was composed before the modern revival of the language but still remains fresh and alive for readers today.
His son, Friedrich Delitzsch (1850–1922), was an Assyrian scholar and author of works on Assyrian language, literature, and history.
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