Background
He was born at Lauterbach near Oelsnitz, Kingdom of Saxony, and died at Rätz, Saxony.
He 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. Keil was a student of Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg. 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
He was a scholar who went along slowly and deliberately, not fantastic, but all the more reasonable and clear, not witty, but all the more beneficial in doctrine and charm by wonderful, unapproachable theories.