FURST, JULIUS (1805-1873), German orientalist, was born of Jewish parents at Zerkowo in Posen, on May 12, 1805. He was lecturer (18J 7) and then professor (1864) of Aramaic at Leipzig, where he died on Feb. 9, 1873. Among his writings may be mentioned Lehrgebdude der aramaischen Idiome (Leipzig, 1835) ; Librorum sacrorum Veteris Testamenti concordantiae He braicae atque Chaldaicae (Leipzig, ; Hebraisches and chalddisches Worterbuch (1851, Eng. trans. by S. Davidson 1867) ; Kultur and Literaturgeschichte der Juden in Asien (1849).