Heinrich Opitz
Heinrich Opitz (born February 14, 1642 in Altenburg , † February 24, 1712 in Kiel ; also: Heinrich Opitius ) was a German theologian and orientalist .
Life
Heinrich Opitz - son of a silk merchant - was appointed to the court orchestra of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm II at the age of thirteen because of his early interest in singing and music . In 1662 Opitz began studying at the University of Wittenberg , later at the University of Jena , where he received his master's degree in 1665 . Next he stayed in Leipzig and Hamburg and studied oriental languages . In 1667 Opitz traveled to Kiel. There he became a private lecturer . Another three years later he was granted a trip to the Netherlands and England as part of his studies of the oriental languages . To expand his knowledge, he visited the libraries in Leiden and Utrecht . In London he attended the royal library; at the same time he made friends with another orientalist, Edmund Castle . Next, Opitz was in Oxford , excerpting oriental manuscripts . Then he returned to Kiel, but he couldn't find a job there and moved on to Jena . There he worked as an adjunct in the philosophy faculty of the university. In 1675 he received a professorship for the Greek language in Kiel , three years later he became professor of oriental languages and in 1689 at the same time professor and doctor of theology. In 1704 Opitz became senior consistorial advisor .
Opitz died in Kiel in 1712 at the age of 70. He left two sons, the theologians Paul Friedrich Opitz and Josias Heinrich Opitz . Both his textbook of the Hebrew language and his Hebrew Bible edition were in use for many decades.
Works
- Atrium linguae sanctae (Hamburg 1671)
- Novum lexicon Hebraeo-Chaldaeo-biblicum (Lippstadt 1692)
- Biblia Hebraica Thora, Neviim, Ktuvim. (Cum optimis impressis & Manuscriptis codicibus in & extra Germaniam per plurimos annos incredibile labore & diligentia collata, & juxta MASORAM, Or thora, Schaar hanneginoth, aliaque Hebraeorum Principia Critica solitice exidelaminata, accuritaatiss ...), Kiel, from Bartholdi Reuther, 1709. With Latin dedication and introduction. Title copper from Scott.
literature
- Johann Otto Thieß : Scholarly History of the University of Kiel (1801), p. 92.
- Heinrich Döring : The learned theologians of Germany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . Verlag Johann Karl Gottfried Wagner, Neustadt an der Orla, 1833, Vol. 3, pp. 145-153, online
- Carsten Erich Carstens : History of the theological faculty in Kiel (1875), p. 15.
- Carsten Erich Carstens: Opitz, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 368 f.
- Jendris Alwast: History of the Theological Faculty. Part 1: 1665–1865: From its founding at the Gottorfisch-ducal Christian-Albrechts-Universität to the end of the nationwide period , BoD - Books on Demand, 2008, pp. 57–59.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Opitz, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Opitius, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian and orientalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1642 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1712 |
| Place of death | Kiel |