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Friedrich Blass
1843–1907
A leading German classical scholar, he devoted his life to the close study of Greek language, rhetoric, and texts. His work on Greek oratory and New Testament philology made him a lasting reference point for later scholars.
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About the author
Born in Osnabrück on January 22, 1843, Friedrich Blass studied at Göttingen and Bonn before teaching at several German schools and universities. He later held professorships in classical philology at Kiel and then Halle, where he died on March 5, 1907.
Blass was especially known for his command of Greek prose, rhetoric, and textual criticism. He wrote influential studies on the Attic orators and on the history of Greek eloquence, and he also produced important work on the language and text of the New Testament.
He was respected not only for the range of his scholarship but also for the care and precision of his editions and analyses. For readers today, he stands out as one of those scholars whose careful work helped shape how classical and early Christian Greek texts were studied for generations.