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RUDOLF EWALD STIER (1800-1862)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 917 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RUDOLF See also:EWALD See also:STIER (1800-1862)  , See also:German See also:Protestant divine and mystic, was See also:born at See also:Fraustadt in See also:Posen on the 17th of See also:March 'Soo . He studied at See also:Halle and See also:Berlin, first See also:law and afterwards See also:theology; and he continued his theological studies later at the See also:pastoral See also:seminary of See also:Wittenberg . In 1824 he was made See also:professor in the Missionary See also:Institute at See also:Basel . Afterwards he held pastorates at Frankleben near See also:Merseburg (1829) and at \Vichlinghausen in the Wupperthal (1838) . In 185o he was appointed See also:superintendent at Schkeuditz, and in 1859 at See also:Eisleben . He published a new edition of See also:Luther's See also:Catechism and a See also:translation of the See also:Bible based on that of Luther; but he is noted chiefly for his thoughtful, devotional and mystical commentary on the words of the See also:Lord (Reden See also:des Herrn, 3 vols., 1843; 3rd ed., 7 vols., 1870-1874; Eng. trans., 8 vols., 1855-1858; 3 vols., 1869) . He died at Eisleben on the 16th of See also:December 1862 . His other See also:works, besides commentaries on the See also:Psalms, Second See also:Isaiah, See also:Proverbs, See also:Ephesians, See also:Hebrews, Epistles of See also:James and See also:Jude, include: See also:Die Reden der Apostel (2 vols., 1824-1830; Eng. trans., 1869) and Die Reden der See also:Engel in der heiligen Schrift (1862) . Cf . J . P . See also:Lacroix, The See also:Life of R .

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Stier (New See also:York, 1874) .

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