Heinrich August Hahn

Heinrich August Hahn (19 June 1821 – 1 December 1861) was a German theologian and the eldest son of the theologian August Hahn.

Life

Hahn was born in Königsberg. After studying theology at the universities of Breslau (Wrocław) and Berlin, he became successively a privatdozent at Breslau (1845), a professor ad interim (1846) at Königsberg on the death of Heinrich Havernick, an associate professor of theology (1851) and a full professor (1861) at the University of Greifswald.[1][2]

Selected works

Amongst his published works were a commentary on the Book of Job (1850), a translation of the Song of Songs (1852), an exposition of Isaiah xl.-lxvi. (1857) and a commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes (1860).

  • Veteris Testamenti Sententia De Natura Hominis Exposita : Commentatio Biblico Theologica, (1846).
  • Commentar ueber das Buch Hiob (1850).
  • Das Hohe Lied von Salomo, (1852).
  • Commentar über das Predigerbuch Salomo's (1860).[3]

With Franz Delitzsch, he edited and completed Moritz Drechsler's Der Prophet Jesaja ("The Prophet Isaiah").[1]

Notes
  1. Hahn, Heinrich August Deutsche Biographie
  2. Chisholm 1911.
  3. OCLC Classify published works

References
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hahn, August". Encyclopædia Britannica. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  • Also see the articles in Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie, and the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.
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