Georg Heinrich Bernstein
Georg Heinrich Bernstein (born January 12, 1787 in Cospeda , † April 5, 1860 in Lauban ) was a German orientalist and professor for Protestant theology .
Life
Bernstein studied Protestant theology and Semitic languages at the University of Jena from 1806 . Habilitated private lecturer since 1811 , he was appointed associate professor for oriental literature at the new Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin in 1812 . As Rittmeister he took part in the Wars of Liberation . He later went on a scientific trip to England and Holland , where he studied Sanskrit in London with Franz Bopp .
After his return (1819) the Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Breslau appointed him to its chair for oriental languages in 1821 . In 1836 he went again to Oxford and in 1842 to Italy to complete his excerpts and copies of oriental manuscripts. In 1836/37 he was rector of the University of Breslau. He died at the age of 73.
In addition to articles in journals, he published an Arabic poem by Zafi ed-Din by Hilla (first Leipzig 1816), another Arabic writer, "De initiis et originibus religionum in oriente dispersarum" (Berl. 1816), part of the " Hitopadeca " ( Bresl. 1823), the 3rd edition of Michaelis' "Arabischer Grammatik und Chrestomathie " (Götting. 1817), which was followed by additions to Chrestomatie (Vol. 1, das. 1817), but in particular the beginning of a large Syrian dictionary (1. Heft, Berl. 1852) and other contributions to Syrian literature. "About the Charklensian translation of the New Testament" (2nd edition, Bresl. 1854), about Bar-Bahlul (das. 1842) and Gregorius Bar-Hebraeus (Leipz. 1822 and Berl. 1847), an excellent lexicon on Kirsch '"Chrestomathia syriaca", which he revised (Leipz. 1832–36, 2 vol.) And "Gregorii Bar-Hebrael scholia in librum Jobi" (Bresl. 1858).
Individual evidence
literature
- Gustav Bickell: Bernstein, Georg Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 485.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bernstein, Georg Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German orientalist and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1787 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cospeda (Jena), Thuringia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1860 |
| Place of death | Lauban , Upper Lusatia |