Heinrich August Hahn

Hahn was born in Königsberg. After studying theology at the universities of Breslau (Wrocław) and Berlin, he became successively a privatdozent at Breslau (1845), a professor ad interim (1846) at Königsberg on the death of Heinrich Havernick, an associate professor of theology (1851) and a full professor (1861) at the University of Greifswald.[1][2]

Amongst his published works were a commentary on the Book of Job (1850), a translation of the Song of Songs (1852), an exposition of Isaiah xl.-lxvi. (1857) and a commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes (1860).[2]

• Veteris Testamenti Sententia De Natura Hominis Exposita : Commentatio Biblico Theologica, (1846).
• Commentar ueber das Buch Hiob (1850).
• Das Hohe Lied von Salomo, (1852).
• Commentar über das Predigerbuch Salomo's (1860).[3]

With Franz Delitzsch, he edited and completed Moritz Drechsler's Der Prophet Jesaja ("The Prophet Isaiah").[1]

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hahn, August s.v. Heinrich August Hahn". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 819.
• Also see the articles in Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie, and the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.