Julius Wellhausen
German theologian and orientalist (1844-1918) · Academics · Died at 73
Julius Wellhausen 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.
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For the former, he is credited as one of the originators of the documentary hypothesis.
