Georg Heinrich August Von Ewald, a German orientalist, theologian, and historian, born in Gottingen, Nov. 16, 1803. In 1831 he was appointed to the chair of philosophy, and afterward to those of oriental languages and theology, at Gottingen. He was one of the seven professors who were dismissed in 1837 on account of their remonstrance against the un-constitutional proceedings of King Ernest Augustus of Hanover. He spent some time in England, and was professor of theology at Tubingen from 1838 to 1848, when he was reinstated in his chair at Gottingen. Among his linguistic works are: Grammatica Cri-tica Linguae Arabicae (2 vols. 8vo, Leipsic, 1831-'3); Ueber das athiopische Buch Henoch (1854); Ausfuhrliches Lehrbuch der hebrdisch-en Sprachedes alten Bundes (6th and enlarged ed., 1855; also abridged, Hebrdische Sprach-lehre far Anfanger, 3d ed., 18G2). His critical writings are very numerous, embracing works on Canticles,The Poetical Books of the Old Testament," The Prophets of the Old Testament,"The Three First Gospels," St, Paul, John, etc.

His great historical work is his Ge-schiclite des Volkes Israel bis Christus (3d ed., 7 vols., Gottingen, 1864 et seq.; translated by J. Estlin Carpenter,History of Israel," vols, i.-v., London, 1868-73). He was the projector of the Zeitschrift fur die Kunde des Morgenlands, and edited the Jahrbacher der biblischen Wissenschaft, in which he propounded his theological views. His leaning toward Baur and other adherents of the Tubingen school, with whom he became acquainted during his residence in that city, involved him in many controversies. In 1841 he was ennobled by the king of Wurtemberg. When Prussia took possession of Hanover in October, 1866, Ewald's fidelity to the extinguished dynasty subjected him to a trial for treason; but he was acquitted, and in May, 1869, he was elected a member of the North German parliament, His latest published works are Das Sendschreiben an die Hebraer and Jacobos' Rundschreiben (1871), and Sieben Sendschreiben des neuen Bundes (1871).

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