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Matthias Hiller (1646–1725) was a German Protestant theologian and Orientalist.Proeschel 1872, p. 258.
"Hiller, Matthäus"
In ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB). Vol. 12. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 424–425. Attribution: * Proeschel, Jules N. (1872)
In McClintock, John; Strong, James (eds.). ''
Vol. 4.—H, I, J
New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 258. {{Authority control 1646 births 1725 deaths 17th-century German Protestant theologians 18th-century German Protestant theologians 17th-century German writers 18th-century German writers
Matthias Hiller (1646–1725) was a German Protestant theologian and Orientalist.Proeschel 1872, p. 258.
Life
Matthias Hiller was born atStuttgart
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on 15 February 1646, the son of a Württemberg
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government secretary.Redslob 1880, p. 424. He became professor of logic and metaphysics in 1692, and of Oriental languages and theology in 1698. In 1716 he exchanged these offices for the priory of Königsbronn, where he died on 11 February 1725.
Works
Hiller acquired great reputation by his works onphilology
Philology () is the study of language in oral and writing, written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defin ...
and hermeneutics
Hermeneutics () is the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts. Hermeneutics is more than interpretative principles or methods used when immediate c ...
. He wrote:
* ''Sciagraphia Grammaticae Hebrae'';
* ''Lexicon Latino-Hebraecum'' (1685);
* ''De Arcano Keri et Kethib'' (Tübingen, 1692, 8vo), on the accentuation and punctuation of the Bible;
* ''Institutiones Linguae Sanctae'' (several times reprinted, as Tübingen, 1760, 8vo);
* ''Onomasticon Sacrum'' (Tübingen, 1706, 4to, translated into German by himself);
* ''Syntagmata hermneneutica quibus loca S. Scripturae plurima ex Hebraico textu nove explicantur'' (Tübingen, 1711, 4to);
* ''Hieroqlyphicum'';
* ''De Origine Gentium Celticarum'';
* ''De Origine, diis et terra Palaestinorum'';
* ''De Plantis in S. Scriptura memoratis'';
* ''Hierophyticon'' (Utrecht, 1725, 4to).
References
Sources
* Redslob, Gustav Moritz (1880)"Hiller, Matthäus"
In ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB). Vol. 12. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 424–425. Attribution: * Proeschel, Jules N. (1872)
In McClintock, John; Strong, James (eds.). ''
Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
The ''Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature'' is a reference work of ten volumes and two supplements published in the late 19th century, co-authored by John McClintock, academic and minister, and James Strong, profes ...
''Vol. 4.—H, I, J
New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 258. {{Authority control 1646 births 1725 deaths 17th-century German Protestant theologians 18th-century German Protestant theologians 17th-century German writers 18th-century German writers