Karl Heinrich Graf

Karl Heinrich Graf (born February 28, 1815 in Mulhouse ; † July 16, 1869 in Meißen ) was a German Protestant theologian (Old Testament scholar) and orientalist.

He studied theology and oriental languages ​​in Strasbourg from 1833 to 1837 (especially with Eduard Reuss ) and then worked as a tutor in Paris until 1843, and from 1847 at the St. Afra State School in Meißen. In addition to Abraham Kuenen, he is considered to be an important pioneer of the newer document hypothesis that Hermann Hupfeld developed and Julius Wellhausen further underpinned.

In addition, Graf dealt with Persian literature and even translated some works by the poet Saadi into German.

Fonts

• Moslicheddin Sadi's rose garden. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1846 (translation; online resource ).
• Moslicheddin Sadi's Lustgarten (Bostan) translated from Persian. Hochhausen, Jena 1850.
• The blessing of Moses Deut. 33. 1857.
• The prophet Jeremiah explains. 1862.
• The tribe of Simeon: a contribution to the history of the Israelites. 1866.
• The historical books of the Old Testament. Two historical-critical studies. Weigel, Leipzig 1866.

literature

• Gustav Moritz Redslob:  Count, Karl Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 549 f.
• Karl Budde (Ed.): 'Eduard Reuss' correspondence with his student and friend Karl Heinrich Graf. 1901.
• Ernst Kutsch:  Count, Karl Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 723 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Joachim Hahn: Graf, Karl Heinrich (1815-1869). In: Theological Real Encyclopedia . XIV, 1985, pp. 115f.
• Joachim Conrad: Karl Heinrich Graf's work on the Old Testament. Studies for a scientific biography. Edited by U. Becker . Berlin / New York 2011, pp. 15–72 (BZAW 425) ( especially the time in Meissen ).