Emil Friedrich Kautzsch (4 September 1841 – 7 May 1910) was a German Hebrew scholar and

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critic, born at

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, Saxony.

Biography

He was educated at Leipzig, in whose theological faculty he was appointed

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(1869) and professor (1871). Subsequently he held chairs at Basel (1872–80), where he received an honorary Swiss citizenship and made friends with Friedrich Nietzsche, after which he moved to Tübingen (1880–88) until receiving a professorship at

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in 1888.

Kautzsch traveled to Ottoman Palestine in 1876, and became one of the founding members of the "German Society for the Exploration of Palestine" (Deutscher Palästina-Verein) the following year. He was also one of the editors of the '' Theologische Studien und Kritiken'', beginning in 1888.

Published works

Kautzsch edited the following works: * The 8th edition of Hermann Scholz's ''Abriss der Hebräischen Laut- und Formenlehre'', (1899). * The 10th and 11th editions of

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's ''Encyklopädie und Methodologie'' (1880-1884). * The 22nd through the 28th editions of Gesenius' ''Hebräische Grammatik'', (last edition published in 1909)., edited and enlarged by Emil Kautzsch, translated by Arthur Ernest Cowley In addition, Kautzsch wrote: * ''De Veteris Testamenti Locis a Paulo Apostolo Allegatis'', (1869). * ''Die Echtheit der moabitischen Altertümer geprüft'', (Strassburg, 1876). * * * ''Textbibel des Alten und Neuen Testaments'', (Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr, 1899), with Karl Weizsäcker, later

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, grandfather of

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. Both were honored for this work with a nobility title, which Kautzsch refused and asked for the Swiss citizenship instead. * ''Apokryphen und Pseudepigraphen des Alten Testaments'', (1900), with other scholars. * * ''Heilige Schrift des Alten Testaments'', (3rd edition, 1908–10), with other scholars. * ''Biblische Theologie des Alten Testaments'', (Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr, 1911), published posthumously.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kautzsch, Emil Friedrich German Hebraists Christian Hebraists Academic staff of Leipzig University Academic staff of the University of Tübingen Academic staff of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg Academic staff of the University of Basel Leipzig University alumni People from the Kingdom of Saxony 1841 births 1910 deaths German male non-fiction writers People from Plauen