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nation's depravity, Michaells' statistical method was wrong.
The number of Jews in that category was not to be compared
with general population figures but with non-Jews of the same
description among small traders and second-hand dealers. A
comparison would then show that there were twenty-five times
more German than Jewish offenders of this kind. He added
grimly: 'Besides, the Jew resorts to such a way of life from
sheer necessity, while the non-Jew has a chance to become a
field marshal or cabinet minister and by his free choice
became a small trader, second-hand dealer, mousetrap
vendor, magic lantern, or curiosities huckster'."
Michaelis wrote several volumes of works that were
devoted to Biblical criticism, such as his work entitled The New
Testament, which appeared in 1750.
Michaelis also suggested to the King of Denmark that an
archeological excavation should be carried out in the Near
East. This is one of the earliest references that one can find to
an excavation of this type. It is indeed unfortunate that some of
the great archeological discoveries of the nineteenth century
were interpreted and reported in the media from the standpoint
of disproving the Bible, or undermining it.
After Mendelssohn's death, a certain Judah Ben Ze'ev
(1764-1811) 248 of Jewish birth, moved to Berlin in 1787 and
secured for himself the dubious distinction of "the first Jewish
scholar to apply Western research methods to the study of
Hebrew." Ben Ze'ev's heresies traveled to his native city of
Krak, so that when he returned later on, the Rabbis of the
community forced him to leave, and he later settled in Vienna.
Following on the heels of Johann David Michaelis for
leadership in the field of Biblical criticism came J. G. Eichhorn
(1752-1827). 249 He presided as Professor of Oriental Studies
at Jena (1775-1787). It is interesting to note that while Karl
Marx studied at Bonn and Berlin, he received his Ph.D. from
the same university. Eichhorn left Jena to join the faculty of
philosophy at Gottingen, which position he held from 1788 until
the time of his death. It is claimed that had an influence on
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