Herbst, Johann George

Herbst, Johann George a German Benedictine, was born at Rottweil, Wurtemberg, January 13, 1787. In 1812 he received holy orders, was professor of theology at Ellwangen in 1814, in 1817 at Tubingen, and died July 31,1836. He published, Observationes Quaedam de Pezntateucho: — De Lingua Hebr. הב et בה: — Einleitung in die heil. Schriften des Alten Testaments (Freiburg, 1840-42, 2 volumes). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:385; Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religienses, s.v. (B.P.)