Eberhard Schrader (7 January 1836 – 4 July 1908) was a German orientalist primarily known for his achievements in Assyriology.

Biography

He was born at

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, and educated at

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under Ewald. In 1858 he won a university prize for a treatise on the

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n languages, and in 1863 became professor of

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at the

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. Subsequently, he occupied chairs at

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(1870) and

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(1873), and finally became professor of Oriental languages at the Friedrich Wilhelm University,

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in 1878. Though he turned first to biblical research, his chief achievements were in the field of Assyriology, in which he was a pioneer in Germany and acquired an international reputation. He died in

Works

His publications include: *''Studien zur Kritik und Erklärung der biblischen Urgeschichte'' (1863). *

Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette (12 January 1780 – 16 June 1849) was a German theologian and biblical scholar. Life and education Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette was born 12 January 1780 in Ulla (now part of the municipality of Nohra), Thur ...

's ''Einleitung in das Alte Testament'', 8th edition (1869). *''Die assyrisch-babylonischen keilinschriften'' (1872). *''Die keilinschriften und das Alte Testament'' (1872; 3rd edition by

Heinrich Zimmern :''To be distinguished from Heinrich Zimmer (1890–1943) German Indologist, and Heinrich Zimmer (Celticist) (1851–1910)'' Heinrich Zimmern (14 July 1862, in Graben – 17 February 1931, in Leipzig) was a German Assyriologist. He was the first ...

and

Hugo Winckler Hugo Winckler (4 July 1863 – 19 April 1913) was a German archaeologist and historian who uncovered the capital of the Hittite Empire (Hattusa) at Boğazkale, Turkey. A student of the languages of the ancient Middle East, he wrote extens ...

, 1901–02). *''Keilinschriften und Geschichtsforschung'' (1878)
online
*''Die Höllenfahrt der Istar'' (text, trans., notes, 1874). *''Die Namen der Meere in den assyrischen Inschriften'', Berlin 1878
online
*''Zur Frage nach dem Ursprung der altbabylonischen Kultur'' (1884). *''Keilinschriftliche Bibliothek'', in conjunction with scholars Ludwig Abel, Carl Bezold, Peter Christian Albrecht Jensen, Felix Ernst Peiser and Hugo Winckler (1889).

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schrader, Eberhard 1836 births 1908 deaths German Christian theologians 19th-century German theologians German Assyriologists Writers from Braunschweig People from the Duchy of Brunswick German male non-fiction writers 19th-century male writers