Julius Fürst - Biography

Julius Fürst (also Julius Furst) (b. 12 May 1805; d. 9 February 1873), was a Jewish German orientalist.

Fürst was a distinguished scholar of Semitic languages and literature. During his years as chairman of the department of Oriental languages and literature at the University of Leipzig (1864–1873), he wrote major works on literary history and linguistics.

His most important scholarly works include the Bibliotheca Judaica (Leipzig, 1849-1863), Kultur and Literaturgeschichte der Juden in Asien (Cultural and literary history of Jews in Asia, 1849), several dictionaries as well as numerous contributions to the periodical "Der Orient" (Leipzig 1840-1851), whose chief editor he was. "Der Orient" was mainly devoted to scientific study of the language, literature and history of the Jews.

Bibliography

• Julius Fürst, Bibliotheca Judaica. 1-3, Leipzig 1863.

External links

• JewishEncyclopedia