Julius Wellhausen

1844 - 1918

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: Germany

languages spoken, written or signed: German

educated at: University of Göttingen

occupation: theologian, Hebraist, Arabist, biblical scholar, Islamicist, university teacher, orientalist, writer

award received: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

Julius Wellhausen (17 May 1844 – 7 January 1918) was a German biblical scholar and orientalist. In the course of his career, his research interest moved from Old Testament research through Islamic studies to New Testament scholarship. Wellhausen contributed to the composition history of the Pentateuch/Torah and studied the formative period of Islam. For the former, he is credited as one of the originators of the documentary hypothesis. Source: Wikipedia (en)