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He was educated at the universities of Kiel (1814) and Berlin (1816), where he was influenced by Schleiermacher and Neander . In 1820 he became '' Privatdozent '' and in 1821 professor extraordinarius at Berlin; in 1827 professor at Königsberg , in 1834 at Erlangen .

Olshausen's department was New Testament Exegesis ; his ''Commentary'' (completed and revised by Ebrard and Wiesinger) began to appear at Königsberg in 1830, and was translated into English in 4 vols (Edinburgh, 1847-1849).

He had prepared for it by his other works, ''Die Achtheit d. vier Kanon. Evangelien'' (1823), ''Ein Wort über tieferen Schriftsinn'' (1824) and ''Die biblische Schriftauslegung'' (1825).