Eberhard Anckelmann

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Eberhard Anckelmann (born May 7, 1641 in Hamburg ; † November 1, 1703 there ; also Nanckelmann ) was a Protestant theologian, linguist and orientalist.

Life

Anckelmann came from a long-established Hamburg family. From 1659 he attended the Academic Gymnasium , where he studied the oriental languages under the guidance of the private scholar Esdras Edzardus . With a view to the Portuguese Jews coming to Hamburg, this encouraged him to take part in the work of evangelizing Israel.

He then began studying theology in Wittenberg in 1662 , moving to Leipzig in 1664 , then to Jena , Altdorf , Tübingen , Strasbourg , Basel and Gießen , where he met Peter Haberkorn and returned to Hamburg. 1671 he received in Rostock the licentiate in theology.

In order to gain a better understanding of the Portuguese language, he went to Portugal. After a two-year stay, he returned to Hamburg to take over a professorship in oriental languages ​​at the Academic Gymnasium on January 11, 1675. He held this office for 28 years and wrote numerous writings, most of which dealt with Hebrew.

Works

  • Genesis hebraica , 1675

Honor

Anckelmannsplatz and Anckelmannstrasse have been named after the Anckelmann family since 1879. The family produced six councilors, a syndic, three senior seniors and a professor at the academic high school.

Individual evidence

  1. see: Matriculation and Examen | Disputation by Eberhard Anckelmann in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. Hamburg's street names tell the story of Christian Hanke, Medien-Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 2006, 4th edition, p. 142, ISBN 3-929229-41-2

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