Constantin von Tischendorf

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Constantin von Tischendorf was a 19th-century German biblical scholar and textual critic best known for discovering and publishing the Codex Sinaiticus, one of the oldest surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible.

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Constantin von Tischendorf canonical 7
Tischendorf 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical scholar ⓘ
person ⓘ
textual critic ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
awardReceived nobility title "von" from the Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
citizenshipStatus Saxon ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Germany ⓘ
Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1815-01-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1874-12-07 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Leipzig ⓘ
employer University of Leipzig ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Tischendorf ⓘ
fieldOfWork New Testament studies ⓘ
biblical studies ⓘ
textual criticism ⓘ
givenName Lobegott Friedrich Constantin ⓘ
hasAcademicDegree doctorate in theology ⓘ
knownFor collecting and collating ancient biblical manuscripts ⓘ
critical editions of the Greek New Testament ⓘ
discovering Codex Sinaiticus at Saint Catherine's Monastery ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
memberOf Saxon Academy of Sciences ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableWork Editio Octava Critica Maior of the Greek New Testament ⓘ
discovery of Codex Sinaiticus ⓘ
publication of Codex Sinaiticus ⓘ
occupation biblical scholar ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
Lengenfeld ⓘ
placeOfDeath German Empire ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
positionHeld professor of theology at the University of Leipzig ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studied biblical manuscripts ⓘ
the New Testament ⓘ
linked to: New Testament
traveledTo Constantinople ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai ⓘ
workLocation Leipzig ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Codex Sinaiticus → discoveredBy → Constantin von Tischendorf ⓘ
Constantin von Tischendorf → familyName → Tischendorf ⓘ
linked to: Constantin von Tischendorf
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus → studiedBy → Constantin von Tischendorf ⓘ
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus → transcribedBy → Constantin von Tischendorf ⓘ
Codex Claromontanus (D 06) → studiedBy → Constantin von Tischendorf ⓘ
Lobegott Friedrich Constantin → alsoKnownAs → Constantin von Tischendorf ⓘ
Lobegott Friedrich Constantin → familyName → Tischendorf ⓘ
linked to: Constantin von Tischendorf
Lengenfeld → hasBirthplaceOf → Constantin von Tischendorf ⓘ