Karl Paul Caspari
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Karl Paul Caspari (8th of February 1814 Dessau, Anhalt - 11th of April 1892 Christiania) was a German Lutheran theologian and orientalist born of Jewish parents. He studied at Leipzig and Berlin, and became a Christian in 1838, in 1857 was appointed professor of theology at Christiania, having declined invitations to Rostock and Erlangen.
Caspari is best known as the author of an Arabic grammar (Grammatica Arabica, 2 vols., 1844-1848; new edition, Arabische Grammatik, edited by A. Muller; 5th ed. 1887). He also wrote commentaries on the prophetical books of the Old Testament, dogmatic and historical works on baptism. His writings include: Beitrge zur Einleitung in Jesaja (1848), and Alte wed neue Quellen zur Geschichte des Taufsymbols und der Glaubensregel (1879).
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