August Wilhelm Knobel

August Wilhelm Karl Knobel (7 February 1807 – 25 May 1863) was a German Protestant theologian.^[1]

He was born in Tzschecheln near Sorau, Niederlausitz. He was the son of a farmer and estate manager.^[1]

From 1826 he studied philosophy, philology and theology at the University of Breslau, earning his doctorate in 1831. Afterwards, he became a lecturer, and later an associate professor (1835) at Breslau. In 1838 he became a professor of theology at Breslau, and shortly afterwards relocated to the University of Giessen.^[1]

Knobel specialized in Old Testament exegesis, and was the author of numerous interpretations and commentaries on the Pentateuch and other books of the Old Testament. Among his better-known publications are the following:

• Commentar über das Buch Kohelet, (Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes); (1836) ^[1]
• Der Prophetismus der Hebräer, (Prophetism of the Hebrews); (1837)
• Der Prophet Jesaia, (The Prophet Isaiah); (1843) ^[1]
• Exegetisches vademecum fur Herrn Professor Ewald in Tübingen, (Exegetical Handbook for Prof. Ewald at Tübingen); (1844)- This publication was a polemic in reaction to Georg Heinrich August Ewald's disparaging critique of Knobel's Der Prophet Jesaia.
• Die Völkertafel der Genesis, (The Table of Nations from the Book of Genesis); (1850) ^[2]
• Die Bücher Exodus und Leviticus (The Books of Exodus and Leviticus); (1857)
• Die Bücher Numeri, Deuteronomium, und Josua (The Books of Numbers, Deuteronomy and Joshua); (1861)

The commentaries on Isaiah and the books of the Pentateuch were edited by August Dillmann.^[1]