Background
Julius Fürst was born on the 12th of March, 1805 in Zherkow, Poland.
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Julius Fürst was born on the 12th of March, 1805 in Zherkow, Poland.
In 1825,Julius Fürst studied at Berlin, where Hegel and Neander were among his teachers, he took a course in Jewish theology at Posen.
Fürst was a distinguished scholar of Semitic languages and literature. During his years as professor in the department of oriental languages and literature at the University of Leipzig (1864–1873), he wrote many works on literary history and linguistics. At an early age, Fürst had a remarkable knowledge of Hebrew literature, Old Testament scriptures and oriental languages.
Here he took his degree in oriental languages and theology under Gesenius in 1832. In 1833 he became a journalist in Leipzig, later securing a position as tutor and lecturer (privat-docent) in the university there (lecturing on Chaldaic, Syriac, Hebrew grammar and literature, Biblical exegesis, etc), from which position he was promoted in 1864 to professor of oriental languages and literature. He filled this post until his death, and during his tenure there he was also elected to several scientific societies.
As one of the exponents of the University of Leipzig's academic scholarly milieu throughout his adult life he was also a contemporary, a friend, and a sometimes collaborator of Leipzig's own native Lutheran scholar and professor Franz Delitsch. Fürst was 8 years Delitsch's senior.