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Jakob Georg Christian Adler (8 December 1756, in
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, Orientalist,
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professor at the
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, Lutheran theologian, Oberkonsistorialrat, book writer, religious educator,
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and head of the Schleswig-Holsteinische Bibelgesellschaft.


Biography

Jacob Georg Christian Adler was the son of Georg Christian Adler and a relative of
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. Adler received private education from his father and attended the
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. Then he studied theology at the
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and oriental studies under Oluf Gerhard Tychsen at the University of Bützow and Rostock. He wrote several books on Syriac language and ancient Arabian language, about a long stay in Rome etc.


Work

* . Kiel: Carl Ernst Bohn 1781 (published by his brother) * . Altona 1783 * . Hamburg u. Bützow 1773, 2. Aufl., Altona 1792 * . Hamburg 1779 * . Kopenhagen 1780 * , Bd. I. Rom 1787, Bd. II, Kopenhagen 1792 * . Kopenhagen 1789 * – Herausgeber des von J. J. Reiske bearbeiteten u. übersetzten Werkes (5 Bde.). Kopenhagen 1789–95


Literature about Adler

* August Hennings (?): "Schleswig-Holsteinische Kirchen-Agende". In: ''Der Genius der Zeit'' 13 (1798), S. 369–375 * H nnings, A gust: "Einladung zur Aufmerksamkeit auf einen geheimen, und iezt vielleicht noch allgemein unerkannt gebliebenen Grund der Agende ". In: ''Der Genius der Zeit'' 15 (1798), S. 1–7 * H nnings, A gust: "Schleswig Holsteinische Kirchenagende". In: ''Der Genius der Zeit'' 15 (1798), S. 404–405 * "Die Vorfahren des Generalsuperintendenten A.", in: ''Schriftenreihe des Vereins f. schleswig-holsteinische Kirchengeschichte'', Rh. 2, Bd. 5, 1910–13; S. 213 ff. * Anton Baumstark: ''Geschichte der syrischen Literatur'' ..1922; S. 144 * O. F. Arends: ''Gejstligheden i Slesvig og Holsten fra Reformationen til 1864 – Personalhistoriske Untersogelser''. Kopenhagen 1932 * ''Dansk biografisk Leksikon'', Bd. I. 1933; S. 129 ff. * F. Rosenthal: ''Die aramaistischen Forschungen seit dem 20. Jhd.'' – Nöldeke's Veröffentlichungen. Leiden 1939; S. 144 f. * Joh. W. Fück: ''Die arabischen Studien in Europa bis in den Anfang des 20. Jhd.'', 1955; S. 218 (Fn. S. 557) * ''Allg. Deutsche Biographie'' (55 Bde. und 1 RBd.). Leipzig 1875–1912; Bd. I, S. 85 f. * ''Neue Deutsche Biographie.'' Berlin 1953 ff.; Bd. I, S. 70 f. * Kurt Galling (Hrsg.): ''Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart – Handwörterbuch für Theologie und Religionswissenschaft'' (6 Bde.). Tübingen 1957–1962; RBd. 1965, Teil I, S. 96 f. * Walter Kasper et al. (Hrsg.): ''Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche'', 3. Aufl. Freiburg 1993 ff.; Bd. I, 148 f. *''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques''. Paris 1912 ff.; Bd. I, S. 573 *Dr. Werner Aquila: ''Die Nachfahren Leonhard Adlers später Aquila aus Augsburg''. Sonderdruck des Genealogischen Jahrbuches (hrsgg. von der Zentralstelle für Personen- und Familiengeschichte, Bd. 44. Neustadt/Aisch: Verlag Degener & Co. 2004)


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