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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
August Dillmann was a German orientalist and biblical scholar. He began his career at the University of Tübingen studying philosophy, theology and Oriental languages with H.G.A. Ewald. After [[Hiob Ludolf]] he was the first to revive the study of Ethiopic, cataloging | August Dillmann was a German orientalist and biblical scholar. He began his career at the University of Tübingen studying philosophy, theology and Oriental languages with H.G.A. Ewald. After [[Hiob Ludolf]] he was the first to revive the study of Ethiopic, cataloging manuscripts in Paris, London and Oxford. In 1851 he was appointed associate professor at the University of Tübingen and subsequently taught at the universities of Kiel (1854-1864), Giessen (1864-1869), and finally since 1869 in Berlin. Apart from his work as an Old Testament scholar he made crucial contributions to the rediscovery of OT Jewish pseudepigrapha. | ||
==Works on Second Temple Judaism== | ==Works on Second Temple Judaism== | ||
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August Dillmann (1823-1894) was a German scholar.
Biography
August Dillmann was a German orientalist and biblical scholar. He began his career at the University of Tübingen studying philosophy, theology and Oriental languages with H.G.A. Ewald. After Hiob Ludolf he was the first to revive the study of Ethiopic, cataloging manuscripts in Paris, London and Oxford. In 1851 he was appointed associate professor at the University of Tübingen and subsequently taught at the universities of Kiel (1854-1864), Giessen (1864-1869), and finally since 1869 in Berlin. Apart from his work as an Old Testament scholar he made crucial contributions to the rediscovery of OT Jewish pseudepigrapha.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
- Liber Henoch aethiopice (1851 Dillmann), book
- Das Buch Henoch übersetzt und erklärt (1853 Dillmann), book
- Mashafa kufale sive Liber Jubilaeorum... aethiopice (1859 Dillmann), book
- Das Buch der Jubiläen; oder, Die kleine Genesis (1874 Dillmann, Rönsch), book