UMBREIT, FRIED. WILH. KARL, was born 11th April 1795, at Sonneborn, near Gotha. At an early period he devoted himself to Oriental and Biblical literature, especially that of the O. T. In I82o he became a professor extraordinary of philo sophy and theology in the philosophical faculty at Heidelberg ; in 1823 he was made an ordinary pro fessor ; and in 1829 lie conjoined with this an ortli nary professorship in the theological faculty. IIe received from the Bavarian government in '832 the title of Kirchenrath, and in 1844 that of Geheimen Kirchenrath. For many years he edited, along with Dr. Ullmann, the Theolos. Studien und ken, one of the most influential of the German theological journals. He began his publications on the O. T. with a new translation of the Song of Solomon, with msthetic illustrations, Gott. 1820; and this was followed by his translation of Job, with notes, Heidelb. 1824 [translated into English
and forming 2 vols. of the Edinburgh Biblical Cabinet] ; and his translation, with notes, of the Proverbs, Heidelb. 1826. A work of higher merit than these is his Praktischen Commentar licher die Propheten des A. B., 4 Bde. Ha:no. 1841-46. He published also Christliche Erbauung aus dem Psalter, Hamb. 1835, a translation with explanations of thirty-five Psalms, arranged under the heads of Faith, Redemption, Hope ; Grundteue des A. T. Hamb. 1843 ; Der Knecht Gotles. Beitrage zur Christologie des A. B. Ilamb. 1840; Die Sfinde Beitr. zur The,logie des A. B. Hamb. and Gotha 1856. His last work, and not the least valuable, was one in which he brought his O. T. learning to bear on the elucidation of the N. T., Der Briei an die ROMer aus dem Grunde des A. T. ausgel,e, Gotha 1856. He died 26th April 1860.—W. L. A.