Nork, Friedrich

Nork, Friedrich a noted Orientalist, was a convert from Judaism, his name formerly being Selig Korn. He was born at Kollin, in Prussia, in the year 1804. He studied philology, especially the ancient languages, wrote for different periodicals, while residing at Leipsic, Halle, and other places, and died in 1850. Nork was a voluminous writer, and some of his works will always be consulted with profit by theological and philological students. — The most important of his writings are, Braminen und Rabbinen, oder Indien das Stamm land der Hebrser und ihrer Fabeln (Meissen, 1836): — Mythen der alten Perser, als Quellen christl. Glaubenslehren (Leips. 1835): — Die Weihnachts- u. Osterfeier erklart aus dem Sonnenkultus der Orientalen (ibid. 1838): Rabbinische Quellen und Parallelenznl

neutestamentlichen Shriftstellen, mit Benutzung der' Schriften von Lightfoot, Wetstein, Mieoschen, Schott.gen, Danz u. a. (ibid. 1839): - Vergleichende Mythologie' zum naheren Verstdndniss der Bibelstellen (ibid. 1836): — Der Prophet Elias, ein Sonnenmythus (ibid. 1837): — Das Leben Mosislaus dem astrognostischen Standpunkte betrachtet, (ibid. 1838): — Hebrdisch-chaldisch-ischabbinsches Wirterbuch (Li. Grimma, 1842): — Etymoloqischn-symbolisch-mythologisches Real-Worterbuchfilr Bibelforscher, Archaologen, etc. (Stuttgard, 1843, 4 vols.): Der Mystagog, oderDeutung der Geheimlehren, Symbole und Feste der christl. Kirche (Leips. 1838): — Die Gotter Syriens (Stuttgard, 1842). See Furst, Bibl. Judaica, 2:204 sq.; Steinschneider, Bibliogrlaphisches Handbuch, p. 103, No. 1453 sq. (B. P.)

 
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