Bernhard Stade (May 1848,

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6 December 1906) was a German

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and historian.

Biography

He studied at

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and

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, and in course of time became (1875) professor ordinarius at

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. Once a member of

Franz Delitzsch Franz Delitzsch (23 February 1813, in Leipzig – 4 March 1890, in Leipzig) 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 J ...

's class, he became a convinced adherent of the newest critical school. In 1881 he founded the ''

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'', which he continued to edit; and his critical history of

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(''Geschichte des Volks Israel'', 2 vols., 1887–1888; vol. ii in conjunction with Oskar Holtzmann) made him very widely known. This cites:
Otto Pfleiderer, ''Development of Theology'' (1890). With Carl Siegfried,''History and Guide to Judaic Dictionaries and Concordances'', Shimeon Brisman, 2000 he revised and edited the

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lexicon, ''Hebräisches Wörterbuch zum Alten Testament'' (1892–1893). Stade's other works included: *''Über die alttestamentlichen Vorstellungen vom Zustand nach dem Tode'' (1877). *''Lehrbuch der hebräischen Grammatik'' (vol. i, 1879). *''Ausgewählte akademische Reden und Abhandlungen'' (1899). *''Biblische Theologie des Alten Testaments'' (1905, etc.).

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