Carl Victor Ryssel
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Karl Victor Ryssel, also ''Carl Victor Ryssel'' (18 December 1849 – 1 March 1905) was a Protestant theologian and professor in
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Life

Ryssel was born in
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, near the town of Nossen. From 1861 to 1868 he went to the Gymnasium in Freiberg. From 1867 to 1871 he studied theology and oriental studies at the
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. Subsequently, he became a teacher in Leipzig (lecturer, 1878–85; associate professor 1885–89). In 1874 he married Clara Friederici, and they had a daughter Else. In 1889 he went to the University of Zurich. There he was professor of Old Testament studies and oriental languages (1889–1905). In 1880–81 he published ''Über den textkritischen Wert der syrischen Übersetzungen griechischer Klassiker'' ("On the text-critical value of the Syriac translations of Greek classics").


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1849 births 1905 deaths 19th-century German theologians People from Mittelsachsen Leipzig University alumni Academic staff of the University of Zurich Academic staff of Leipzig University {{Germany-academic-bio-stub