Julius Fürst (orientalist)

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Julius Fürst (1870)
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Julius Fürst (born May 12, 1805 in Zerkow near Posen ; died February 9, 1873 in Leipzig ) was a German orientalist .

Life

Fürst studied in Berlin (with Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ), Breslau and Halle (with Wilhelm Gesenius ). He became a recognized scholar of Semitic languages as well as a representative of the Haskala . His research field essentially comprised Semitic linguistics and literature as well as the history of the Middle East . For Leopold Zunz 's Bible edition , he translated the books Daniel and Esra in 1838 . From 1840 to 1851 he published the Jewish-Enlightenment weekly magazine Der Orient . In 1848 he was a member of the pre-parliament .

Confusion with Joseph Fürst

In the literature on Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Robert Schumann , Julius Fürst is usually confused with the Berlin writer Joseph Fürst , since he only wrote his letters to both composers with “J. Prince ”signed. The misspelling was corrected in 2015 by comparing handwriting. Apparently Julius Fürst had no contact with Mendelssohn and Schumann.

Works

  • Librorum Sacrorum Veteris Testamenti Concordantiae Hebraicae atque Chaldaicae. Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1840.
  • Hebrew and Chaldean school dictionary on the Old Testament. Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1842, digital .
  • Bibliotheca Judaica. Bibliographical handbook of the entire Jewish literature including the writings on Jews and Judaism and a history of the Jewish bibliography. 3 volumes. Engelmann, Leipzig 1849 ( Volume 1 ), 1851 ( Volume 2 ), 1863 ( Volume 3 ) [all Google Books].
  • History of the Karaeans . 3 volumes. Leiner, Leipzig 1862 ( Volume 1 ), 1865 ( Volume 2 ), 1869 [all Google Books].
  • Biblia germanica et hebraica. Illustrated magnificent Bible for Israelites. Payne, Leipzig 1874.

literature

  • Jakob Auerbach:  Prince, Julius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, pp. 211-213.
  • Katharina Vogel: The orientalist Julius Fürst (1805–1873). Scientist, publicist and committed citizen. In: Dan Diner (Ed.): Leipzig Contributions to Jewish History and Culture 4. Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2006, pp. 41–60.
  • Katharina Vogel: Julius Fürst (1805–1873). In: Gerald Wiemers (Ed.): Sächsische Lebensbilder. Volume 6 (Part 1: A-K), Steiner, Stuttgart 2009, pp. 257-276.
  • Carsten Schapkow: The Orient. In: Dan Diner (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture (EJGK). Volume 4: Ly-Po. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2013, ISBN 978-3-476-02504-3 , pp. 437-441.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Simone Lässig: Jewish ways into the bourgeoisie. Göttingen 2004, p. 90.

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personal data
SURNAME Prince, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH Zerkow near Poznan
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1873
Place of death Leipzig