Ferdinand Hitzig

See also a German architect Georg Heinrich Ferdinand Hitzig (1811-1881).


Ferdinand Hitzig (June 23, 1807–January 22, 1875), was a German biblical critic.
He was born at Hauingen (now a part of Lörrach), Baden, where his father was a pastor. He studied theology at Heidelberg under H.E.G. Paulus, at Halle under Wilhelm Gesenius and at Göttingen under Ewald. Returning to Heidelberg he became Privatdozent in theology in 1829, and in 1831 published his Begriff der Kritik am Alten Testamente praktisch erörtert, a study of Old Testament criticism in which he explained the critical principles of the grammatico-historical school, and his Des Propheten Jonas Orakel über Moab, an exposition of the 5th and 16th chapters of the book of Isaiah attributed by him to the prophet Jonah mentioned in 2 Kings xiv. 25.
In 1833 he was called to the University of Zürich as professor ordinarius of theology. His next work was a commentary...