German Lutheran Old Testament commentator (1807–1888)
Johann Friedrich Karl Keil or Carl Friedrich Keil (26 February 1807 – 5 May 1888) was a conservative German LutheranOld Testament commentator. Keil was appointed to the theological faculty of Dorpat in Estonia where he taught Bible, New Testament exegesis, and Oriental languages. In 1859 he was called to serve the Lutheran church in Leipzig. In 1887 he moved to Rödletz, where he died. Keil was a conservative critic who reacted strongly against the scientific biblical criticism of his day. He strongly supported Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch. He maintained the validity of the historico-critical investigation of the Bible only if it proved the existence of New Testament revelation in the Scriptures. To this aim he edited (with Franz Delitzsch) his principal work, a commentary on the Bible, Biblischer Kommentar über das Alte Testament (5 vols., 1866–82; Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament, 5 vols., 1872–77). The work remains his most enduring contribution to biblical studies. He also published commentaries on Maccabees and New Testament literature.[1]
Keil, Carl Friedrich (1869). Douglas, George C. M. (ed.). Manual of historico-critical introduction to the canonical scriptures of the Old Testament. Vol. 1 (2 ed.). Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark.
Keil, Carl Friedrich (1882). Douglas, George C. M. (ed.). Manual of historico-critical introduction to the canonical scriptures of the Old Testament. Vol. 2 (2 ed.). Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark.
Keil, Carl Friedrich (1827–1889). Frederick, Crombie (ed.). Manual of Biblical Archaeology introduction to biblical archaeology. Vol. 2 (2 ed.). Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark.
Old Testament Commentary
From the commentary compilations by Keil and Delitzsch:[2]
Volume 1: Pentateuch
Volume 2: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel
Volume 3: 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles
Volume 4: Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job
Volume 5: Psalms
Volume 6: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
Volume 7: Isaiah
Volume 8: Jeremiah, Lamentations
Volume 9: Ezekiel, Daniel
Volume 10: Minor Prophets
References
^Encyclopaedia Judaica.
^ a bCarl Friedrich Keil; Franz Delitzsch (1975). Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-8028-8035-2. OCLC 2363963.
Schaller, Manfred (11 November 2004). ""Streithengst" für Gottes Wort" ["Armed Stallion" for God's Word]. Factum Magazine. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
Keil, Carl Friedrich; Delitzsch, Franz. Commentary on the Old Testament. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson. ISBN 0-913573-88-4. Also available online at http://biblehub.com/commentaries/kad/.