OLSHAUSEN, JUSTUS. - Renowned orientalist, brother of Hermann, born in Hohenfelde (Holstein) on May 9, 1800, died in Berlin on Dec. 28, 1882.
In 1814 he began the study of Hebrew under the direction of his father, then chief pastor in Glückstadt. At Kiel (1816-19) J. F. Kleuker taught him Arabic and Syriac. J. L. Ideler in Berlin (Feb. 1820) initiated him into
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Persian. In Oct. 1820 he went to Paris to study under S. de Sacy, the most famous Arabic scholar of the time; he remained there until 1823, studied Turkish, and made contact with A. von Humboldt. In 1823 he became extraordinary professor, and in 1830 ordinary professor of Oriental languages at Kiel; four times rector of the University, in 1852 he resigned due to political events, but on the advice of A. von Humboldt he was called to Königsberg as professor and first librarian. From 1858 to 1874 he was rapporteur and counselor in the Ministry of Worship in Berlin. Through his publications he sought to promote the textual criticism of the Old Testament and the knowledge of Hebrew grammar; he made use of Akkadian texts and Arabic, which, exaggerating, he believed to be very close to primitive Semitic.
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