Name August Knobel | Role Author | |
Died May 25, 1863, Giessen, Germany | ||
August Wilhelm Karl Knobel (February 7, 1807 – May 25, 1863) was a German Protestant theologian born near Sorau, Niederlausitz.
From 1826 he studied philosophy, philology and theology at the University of Breslau, earning his doctorate in 1831. Afterwards he became a lecturer, and later an associate professor (1835) at Breslau. In 1838 he became a professor of theology at Breslau, and shortly afterwards relocated to the University of Giessen.
Knobel specialized in Old Testament exegesis, and was the author of numerous interpretations and commentaries on the Pentateuch and other books of the Old Testament. Among his better known publications are the following:
The commentaries upon Isaiah and the books of the Pentateuch were rewritten by August Dillmann.