Siegfried, Carl

(Gustav Adolf), Ph.D. (Halle, 1859), D.D. {hon., Jena, 1875), Protestant theologian; b. at Magdeburg, Jan. 22, 1830; studied philology and theology at Halle and Bonn, 1849- 53; became teacher in gymnasium at Magdeburg 1857, and at Guben 1860; profe or and second minister at Pforta, 1865; ordinary profe or of theology at Jena, 1875; appointed ecclesiastical councillor, 1885. He is a Knight of the Red Eagle, fourth cla . He is the author of De in script i one Gerbitana (Program), Magdeburg, 1863; Die he bra is chen Worterklarungen des Philo und die Spuren ihrer Einwirkung auf die Kirchenvdter, 1863; Spinoza ah Kritiker und A us leger des Allen Testaments, Berlin, 1867; Philo von Alexandrien als A us leger des A. T., Jena, 1875; (with H. Gelzer) Eusebii canonum epitome ex Dionysii Tel maha rens is Clironico petit a (translated and annotated his Latin translation of the Syriac), Leipzig, 1884; (with H. L. Strack) Lehrbuch der neuhebraischen Sprache und Lilteratur (wrote the grammar of the new Hebrew), Carlsruhe, 1884; since 1881 has furnished the Old- Testament division in the TheologischerJahresbericht (Punjer's, now edited by Lipsius), and has written numerous articles upon Old-Testament subjects.