Name

Hiob Ludolf

Original name

Main activity

Secondary activity

Title

Name variations

Leutholf"

Education place

Erfurt

Education institution

University of Erfurt

Activity place

Gotha, Frankfurt

Activity institution

the ducal court of Gotha

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Place of birth

Erfurt

Date of birth

1624

Place of death

Frankfurt

Date of death

1704

Bibliographical references

Ben-Tov, Loop and Mulsow (eds.), Hiob Ludolf and Johann Michael Wansleben: Oriental Study, Politics, and History between Gotha and Africa 1650-1700 (Leiden, 2023)

Descriptive card

Hiob Ludolf is primarily known for his groundbreaking work on Ethiopic studies. He was also an accomplished student of the Qur'an and owned several Qur'an manuscripts which he studied carefully. See Jan Loop, “Hiob Ludolf, the Qur’an, and the History of Writing”, in Ben-Tov, Loop and Mulsow (eds.), Hiob Ludolf and Johann Michael Wansleben: Oriental Study, Politics, and History between Gotha and Africa 1650-1700 (Leiden, 2023), pp. 351-89.

Entry author

Asaph Ben Tov