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Classical scholar and theologian. Member of a family of German lawyers and theologians, was born in Leipzig on May 20, 1720. Was educated at the university of his native city, where he was appointed associate professor in 1747, but was called in the following year as professor of Greek to Helmstedt, and in 1757 became abbot of the nearby monastery of Königslutter. His philological learning was shown in his editions of the classics and in his Sacrae | Classical scholar and theologian. Member of a family of German lawyers and theologians, was born in Leipzig on May 20, 1720. Was educated at the university of his native city, where he was appointed associate professor in 1747, but was called in the following year as professor of Greek to Helmstedt, and in 1757 became abbot of the nearby monastery of Königslutter. His philological learning was shown in his editions of the classics and in his ''Sacrae exercitationes in epistolam ad Hebraeos ex Philone Alexandrino'' (Helmstedt, 1750); ''Structurae theologicae in epistolam S. Pauli ad Romanos'' (1756); and ''Epistolarum catholicarum septenarius'' (Halle, 1790). His lectures, which he delivered in Latin, were devoted to classics, the New Testament, and patristics. Died at Königslutter on Apr. 18, 1803. | ||
==Works on Second Temple Judaism== | ==Works on Second Temple Judaism== | ||
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Johan Benedikt Carpzov (1720-1803) was a German scholar.
Biography
Classical scholar and theologian. Member of a family of German lawyers and theologians, was born in Leipzig on May 20, 1720. Was educated at the university of his native city, where he was appointed associate professor in 1747, but was called in the following year as professor of Greek to Helmstedt, and in 1757 became abbot of the nearby monastery of Königslutter. His philological learning was shown in his editions of the classics and in his Sacrae exercitationes in epistolam ad Hebraeos ex Philone Alexandrino (Helmstedt, 1750); Structurae theologicae in epistolam S. Pauli ad Romanos (1756); and Epistolarum catholicarum septenarius (Halle, 1790). His lectures, which he delivered in Latin, were devoted to classics, the New Testament, and patristics. Died at Königslutter on Apr. 18, 1803.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
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