Adalbert Merx | |
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| Born | (1838-11-02)November 2, 1838 |
| Died | August 6, 1909(1909-08-06) (aged 70) Heidelberg, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Education | University of Jena |
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| Language | German |
Adalbert Merx (2 November 1838 – 6 August 1909) was a GermanProtestanttheologian andorientalist.
He studied at theUniversity of Jena, where he became an associate professor in 1869. Subsequently, he was a full professor ofphilosophy at theUniversity of Tübingen, and in 1873 a professor of theology at theUniversity of Giessen. From 1875 till his death he was a professor of theology of theUniversity of Heidelberg. In the course of his researches he made several journeys in the East.[1]
Merx devoted much of his later research to the elucidation of theSinaitic Palimpsest discovered in 1892 by Mrs.Agnes Smith Lewis, the results (Die Evangelien des Markus und Lukas nach der Syrischen im Sinaikloster gefundenen Palimpsesthandschrift) being embodied inDie vier kanonischen Evangelien nach dem ältesten bekannten Texte (4 volumes, 1897–1905). His last work was an edition of the books ofMoses andJoshua.[1]
Among his many works are:
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Merx, Adalbert".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 176.
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