Name

Heinrich Ewald

Original name

Georg Heinrich August Ewald

Main activity

Orientalist

Secondary activity

biblical scholar, linguist, historian

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Place of birth

Göttingen

Date of birth

1803

Place of death

Göttingen

Date of death

1875

Bibliographical references

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Heinrich Ewald was a foundational scholar who transformed the study of Arabic, Hebrew, and the Qurʾān from confessional or antiquarian pursuits into historically grounded, critical philology—shaping modern Oriental and biblical studies.

Entry author

Gyöngyi Oroszi