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Stahl, Friedrich Julius

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a Protestant divine, was born May 6, 1797, at Basle; studied theology at Tü bingen from 1817 to 1821, and commenced lecturing as a privat docent at Basle in 1823. In 1828 he was made extraordinary professor of theology, in 1835 ordinary professor, and in 1842 he was honored with the doctorate of divinity. He lectured on the Old Test. until his death, Aug. 27, 1875. He wrote, Kritische Untersuchungen ü ber die Genesis (Basle, 1830): — Animadversiones quoedam in Jacobi Vaticinium (ibid. 1827): — Kritische Untersuchungen ü ber den Pentateuch, die Bucher Josua, Richter, Samuel und der Kö nige (Berlin, 1843): — Die messianischen Weissagungen des alten Testaments in ihrer Entstehung, etc. (ibid. 1847): — Specielle Einleitung in die kanonischen Bucher des alten Testaments (Elberfeld, 1862). He also wrote different essays for the Studien und Kritiken and Zeitschrifit der deutschen morgenl. Gesellschaft. See Fü rst, Bibl. Jud. 3, 377; Zuchold, Bibl. Theol. 2, 1252 sq.; Theolog. Universal- Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)