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Lauterbach, Oelsnitz>Lauterbach near Oelsnitz, Kingdom of Saxony18880502df=yes}}Rödlitz near Lichtenstein, Saxony>Lichtenstein, Kingdom of Saxony| nationality = German| other_names = Johann Friedrich Karl Keil| known_for = Old Testament commentary| occupation = Lutheran theologian}}Johann Friedrich Karl Keil or Carl Friedrich Keil (26 February 1807 â€“ 5 May 1888) was a conservative German Lutheran Old Testament commentator. Keil was appointed to the theological faculty of Dorpat in Estonia where he taught Bible, New Testament exegesis, and Oriental languages. In 1859 he was called to serve the Lutheran church in Leipzig. In 1887 he moved to Rödletz, where he died. Keil was a conservative critic who reacted strongly against the scientific biblical criticism of his day. He strongly supported Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch. He maintained the validity of the historico-critical investigation of the Bible only if it proved the existence of New Testament revelation in the Scriptures. To this aim he edited (with Franz Delitzsch) his principal work, a commentary on the Bible, Biblischer Kommentar über das Alte Testament (5 vols., 1866–82; Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament, 5 vols., 1872–77). The work remains his most enduring contribution to biblical studies. He also published commentaries on Maccabees and New Testament literature.Encyclopaedia Judaica.

Biography

Keil was born at Lauterbach near Oelsnitz, Kingdom of Saxony, and died at Rätz, Saxony.He is best known for his contributions to the Keil and Delitzsch commentaries, a ten-volume set written with Franz Delitzsch.BOOK, Carl Friedrich Keil, Franz Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament, Grand Rapids, Mich., Eerdmans, 1975, 978-0-8028-8035-2, 2363963, Keil was a student of Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg.

Works

• BOOK, Keil, Carl Friedrich, Carl Friedrich Keil, Douglas, George C. M., George C. M. Douglas, Manual of historico-critical introduction to the canonical scriptures of the Old Testament, 1869, T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 2, 1,weblink
• BOOK, Keil, Carl Friedrich, Carl Friedrich Keil, Douglas, George C. M., George C. M. Douglas, Manual of historico-critical introduction to the canonical scriptures of the Old Testament, 1882, T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 2, 2,weblink
• BOOK, Keil, Carl Friedrich, Carl Friedrich Keil, Frederick, Crombie, Frederick Crombie, Manual of Biblical Archaeology introduction to biblical archaeology, 1827–1889, T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 2, 2,weblink

Old Testament Commentary

(File:Keil-Delitzsch.JPG|300px|right|thumb|Keil–Delitzsch: Commentary on the Old Testament I–X. Grand Rapids 1975.)From the commentary compilations by Keil and Delitzsch:

• Volume 1: Pentateuch
• Volume 2: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel
• Volume 3: 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles
• Volume 4: Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job
• Volume 5: Psalms
• Volume 6: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
• Volume 7: Isaiah
• Volume 8: Jeremiah, Lamentations
• Volume 9: Ezekiel, Daniel
• Volume 10: Minor Prophets

References

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Further reading

• Schaller, Manfred, "Topics – theology, philosophy, religion – church history" (German)
• JOURNAL,weblink "Streithengst" für Gottes Wort, Factum Magazine, 11 November 2004, Schaller, Manfred, 1 October 2014, "Armed Stallion" for God's Word,
• BOOK, Carl Friedrich, Keil, Franz, Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament, 0-913573-88-4, Hendrickson, Peabody, Massachusetts, Also available online atweblink

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