Julius Wellhausen
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- Born
- 1844-05-17
- Died
- 1918-01-07
- Works
- 46
Top works
- Book of Psalms a New English Translation
- Das Evangelium Lucae
- Prolegomena to the History of Israel
- Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel
- Prolegomena to the History of Israel
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1844-05-17 ) 17 May 1844, Hamelin , Hanover , Germany
- Died
- 7 January 1918 (1918-01-07) (aged 73), Göttingen , Hanover , Germany
- Education
- Göttingen
- Church
- Lutheran
- Offices held
- Professor of Old Testament at Göttingen , Greifswald , Halle and Marburg
- Title
- Doctor
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Key dates
- Born
- 17 May 1844
- Died
- 7 January 1918
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Julius
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Hamelin
- Place of death
- Göttingen
- Occupation
- historian
- Educated at
- University of Göttingen
- Languages spoken
- German
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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.
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1844 births1918 deaths19th-century German male writers19th-century German Protestant theologians19th-century German writers20th-century German writersAcademic staff of Marburg UniversityAcademic staff of the Martin Luther University of Halle-WittenbergAcademic staff of the University of GöttingenAcademic staff of the University of GreifswaldDocumentary hypothesis