Bleek Friedrich

Bleek, Friedrich, Biblical critic, was born in 1793 at Ahrensbok in Holstein. In 1818 he became a tutor at Berlin university and in 1823 a theological professor, which position he was appointed to at Bonn in 1829. His Introduction to the Old Testament, 1860, and Introduction to the New Testament are his chief works and those by which he is best known to English readers. He died in 1859.