Name

Christian Benedict Michalis

Original name

Main activity

Orientalist

Secondary activity

Scholar

Title

Prof.

Name variations

Christian Benedikt Michaelis"

Education place

Halle

Education institution

University of Halle

Activity place

Halle

Activity institution

University of Halle

Activity start date

1713

Activity end date

1764

Place of birth

Ellrich (Thuringia)

Date of birth

1680

Place of death

Halle

Date of death

1764

Bibliographical references

ADB

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Christian Benedict Michaelis (1680-1764) was the (maternal) nephew of the Halle Hebraist and Old Testament scholar Johann Heinrich Michaelis (1668-1638). He studied in Halle as well as spending a year in Frankfurt studying with and assisting the great ethiopist Hiob Ludolf (1624-1704). He went on to serve in both the philosophical and theological faculties in Halle for over five decades, dying in 1764. One of his sons was the famous Göttingen orientalist and Old Testament scholar, Johann David Michaelis (1717-1791). Among Michaelis' students in Halle was Boysen (1720-1800), who in 1775 would publish a German translation of the Qur'an.

Entry author

Asaph Ben Tov