Career
He was the most famous and most important Biblical scholar of the Carpzov family. He was titular professor of Oriental languages at Leipzig from 1719 to 1730, and preacher and theologian until his death. His critical works are: Introductio in Libros Veterinary
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1721, 4th educated 1757. Critica Sacra (I Original text, II Versions, III Reply to Whiston), 1728. Apparatus Historico-Criticus Antiquitatum et Codicis Sacri et Gentis Hebrææ, 1748.
The Apparatus is in the form of annotations to Thomas Goodwin"s Moses and Aaron, and appended to it are dissertations on "The Synagogue Treated with Honor" (a statement of what the Christian Church has retained of ancient Jewish customs), on "The Charity System of the Ancient Jews" (discussion of the question whether צדקה in the Old Testament ever means "alms"), and others According to the Jewish Encyclopedia,
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Crawford Howell Toy (1901–1906).
"Carpzov, Johann Gottlob".
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