Bidspirit auction | Carl Heinrich Cornill “Entstehung des

Carl Heinrich Cornill “Entstehung des Volkes Israel und seiner nationalen Organisation”, 1st ed., 1888, in German Hamburg : Verlagsanstalt und Druckerei (vormals J. F. Richter) 1888. 1. Auflage, 30 Seiten, Soft cover, 15 x 22 cm. Condition: brown paper to cover and title page; spine over taped; chips to edges of cover, otherwise good condition. Carl Heinrich Cornill (born April 26, 1854, in Heidelberg; died June 10, 1920, in Halle (Saale)) was a German Protestant theologian. Cornill, the son of a lecturer, attended the Staedtische Gymnasium (municipal gymnasium) in Frankfurt am Main. After studying in Leipzig, Bonn, and Marburg, he received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Leipzig. In 1875, he earned his doctorate in theology, and in 1878, he received his licentiate in theology from the University of Marburg. After working as a tutor there in 1877, he began lecturing in 1878 and became an associate professor in 1886. In 1888, he accepted a position as full professor in Koenigsberg and in 1898 in Breslau. He joined the Theological Faculty of Halle in 1910. As a biblical critic, he belonged to the school of Julius Wellhausen.