Karl Victor Ryssel, also ''Carl Victor Ryssel'' (18 December 1849 – 1 March 1905) was a Protestant theologian and professor in

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and

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Life

Ryssel was born in Reinsberg, Germany, near the town of

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. From 1861 to 1868 he went to the Gymnasium in

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. From 1867 to 1871 he studied theology and oriental studies at the

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. Subsequently, he became a teacher in Leipzig (lecturer, 1878–85; associate professor 1885–89). In 1874 he married Clara Friederici, and they had a daughter Else. In 1889 he went to the

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. There he was professor of Old Testament studies and oriental languages (1889–1905). In 1880–81 he published ''Über den textkritischen Wert der syrischen Übersetzungen griechischer Klassiker'' ("On the text-critical value of the Syriac translations of Greek classics").

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