Orelli

Orelli, KONRAD VON, theologian, was born at Zurich, 25th January 1846, and studied at Lausanne, Zurich, Erlangen, and especially theology at Tübingen, and oriental languages at Leipzig. In 1869 he became orphan-house preacher at Zurich, privat-docent in 1871, professor extra-ordinary of Theology at Basel in 1873, and ordinary professor there in 1881. Among his writings are Die Alttestamentliche Weissagung von der Vollendung des Gottesreichs (1882; Eng. trans. 1885) and admirable Commentaries on Isaiah (1887; trans. 1889), Jeremiah (1887), Ezekiel and the Twelve Minor Prophets (1888).