Berend Kordes or Berenne Kordes (27 October 1762 – 5 February 1823) was a German writer on

exegetical Exegesis ( ; from the Greek , from , "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text. The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Biblical works. In modern usage, exegesis can involve critical interpretation ...

theology. He was born at Lubeck on 27 October 1762,Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburgische
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Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the J ...

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

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Jena Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a popu ...

. In 1793 he became librarian of the university at Kiel. and died there Feb. 5,1823. His exegetical works are, ''Observationumn in Jonce Oracula Specimina'' (Jena, 1788):-Ruth ''ex versione Septuaginta intepraetum'' (Jena, 1788).-Hoefer, ''Nouv. Biog. Generale, 28:''84.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kordes, Berend 1762 births 1823 deaths Writers from Lübeck German librarians