Franz Delitzsch was a German Lutheran theologian and Hebraist. Delitzsch wrote many commentaries on books of the Bible, Jewish antiquities, Biblical psychology, as well as a history of Jewish poetry, and works of Christian apologetics. Today, Delitzsch is best known for his translation of the New Testament into Hebrew (1877), and his series of commentaries on the Old Testament published with Carl Friedrich Keil.
Franz Delitzsch.
Franz Delitzch's gravestone in Leipzig.
Keil–Delitzsch: Commentary on the Old Testament I–X. Grand Rapids 1975.
Leipzig University, in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December 1409 by Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and his brother William II, Margrave of Meissen, and originally comprised the four scholastic faculties. Since its inception, the university has engaged in teaching and research for over 600 years without interruption.
Memorial stone to the foundation of Leipzig University
Leipzig University main building (1917). It was demolished by the socialist administration in 1968.
Formerly organized as a collegiate university, the Red College of Leipzig University was established in the 16th century.
Main building of Leipzig University since 2012, the Augusteum at Augustusplatz
