Bernhard Stade (May 1848,

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6 December 1906) was a German

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and historian.

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He studied at

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and

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, and in course of time became (1875) professor ordinarius at

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. Once a member of

Franz Delitzsch Franz Delitzsch (23 February 1813, in Leipzig – 4 March 1890, in Leipzig) was a German Lutheran theologian and Hebraist. Delitzsch wrote many commentaries on books of the Bible, Jewish antiquities, Biblical psychology, as well as a history of J ...

's class, he became a convinced adherent of the newest critical school. In 1881 he founded the ''

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'', which he continued to edit; and his critical history of

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(''Geschichte des Volks Israel'', 2 vols., 1887–1888; vol. ii in conjunction with

Oskar Holtzmann Oskar Holtzmann (20 January 1859, Stuttgart – 10 March 1934, Giessen) was a German theologian who specialized in New Testament studies. From 1877 to 1883 he studied theology at the universities of Strasbourg, Göttingen and Giessen and at ...

) made him very widely known. This cites:

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, ''Development of Theology'' (1890). With

Carl Siegfried Carl Gustav Adolf Siegfried (22 January 1830, Magdeburg – 9 January 1903, Jena) was a German theologian who specialized in Old Testament studies. He studied theology and philology at the universities of Halle and Bonn. In 1859 he received his ...

,''History and Guide to Judaic Dictionaries and Concordances'', Shimeon Brisman, 2000 he revised and edited the

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lexicon, ''Hebräisches Wörterbuch zum Alten Testament'' (1892–1893). Stade's other works included: *''Über die alttestamentlichen Vorstellungen vom Zustand nach dem Tode'' (1877). *''Lehrbuch der hebräischen Grammatik'' (vol. i, 1879). *''Ausgewählte akademische Reden und Abhandlungen'' (1899). *''Biblische Theologie des Alten Testaments'' (1905, etc.).

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