(Type of publication: newspaper article)
† Hofrat D.H. Müller
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AT-OeAW-BA-3-27-F-00047
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Authors:
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Beth, Karl
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Book title:
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Neue Freie Presse (Morgenblatt)
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Volume:
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17362 (22.12.1912)
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Locality:
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Wien
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Pages:
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16
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Language:
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German
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Contents:
In his extensive obituary, Karl Beth (1872-1959) historian of religions and professor at the Protestant Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna, praises David Heinrich Müller (1846-1912), professor of Semitic philology at the University of Vienna, especially for his pathbreaking work 'Die Gesetze Hammurabis und ihr Verhältnis zur mosaischen Gesetzgebung'.
He extols the virtues of Müller's translation of the Codex Hammurapi, discovered in 1901, into the Hebrew of the Bible and his interpretation of its relations to the legislation of the Pentateuch.
Beth characterises Müller as a scientist with great enthusiasm and unbridled passion for teaching, 'who never took a siesta until the very end'.
Before concluding his obituary with an overview of the single states of Müller's professional career, Beth highlights Müller's efforts to secure and organise the scientific estate of Eduard Glaser (1855-1908) for posterity:
'Although D.H. Müller had been ill for a year, he devoted almost all his time to the estate of Eduard Glaser, arranging the manuscripts and numerous finds that this scholar had brought back from his expeditions to Arabia for scientific processing or editing.'
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