“ HUPFELD, HERMANN (1796–1866) , German Orientalist and Biblical commentator, was born on the 31st of March 1796 at Marburg, where he studied philosophy and theology from 1813 to 1817; in 1819 he became a teacher in the gymnasium at Hanau, but in 1822 resigned that appointment. After studying for some time at Halle, he in 1824 settled as Privatdocent in philosophy at that university, and in the following year was appointed extraordinary professor of theology at Marburg. ”

“ Other writings are Über Begriff und Methode der sogenannten biblischen Einleitung (Marburg, 1844) ; De primitiva et vera festorum apud Hebraeos ratione (Halle, 1851–1864) ; Die Quellen der Genesis von neuem untersucht (Berlin, 1853) ”