Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Sacred Scripture Exegetes and biblicists

Augusti, Friedrich Albrecht

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AUGUSTI, FRIEDRICH ALBRECHT. - Exegete, born a Jew in Frankfurt an der Oder in 1696, converted to Lutheranism in 1722, and became pastor at Eschenbergen (Gotha) in 1734, where he died in 1782. In ten works (from 1728 to 1734) he demonstrated the truth of Christianity to the Jews.

His son JOHANNES CHRISTIAN WILHELM (1771-1841) published two volumes on the history of dogma and 16 volumes on Christian archaeology.

Bibliography3 works

BIBL.: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, I (1875), p. 684 ff.; J.-B. Jeannin, s. v. in DB, I, col. 1239 ff.; J. Grisar, s. v. in DHG, V (1931), col. 418.

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By Gaetano Perrella

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 400.

More by Gaetano Perrella: Auran (Hebrew Hauran) · Avenarius (Latinization of Habermann) · Mount Athos · Astyages (Greek Ἀστυνάγης; Hittite in Cuneiform Documents) · Ashdod (Hebrew: ʾAšdādh; Akkadian: Ašdādh; Greek: ʾAšdōr; modern: Esdūd)

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Perrella, Gaetano Maria. “Augusti, friedrich albrecht.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 400. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/augusti-friedrich-albrecht.

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Perrella, Gaetano Maria. “Augusti, friedrich albrecht.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 400. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/augusti-friedrich-albrecht.

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  author    = {Perrella, Gaetano Maria},
  title     = {Augusti, friedrich albrecht},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {400},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/augusti-friedrich-albrecht}
}

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