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Abraham Hinckelmann
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Abraham Hinckelmann

أبراهام هينكلمان

Notable figure 1652–1695 · Source: Johann Fück, Tarikh harakat al-istishraq (Die arabischen Studien in Europa), trans. ʿUmar Lutfi al-ʿAlim, 2nd ed., Dar al-Madar al-Islami, Beirut 2001, p. ٩٧–٩٩ · Second source: Deutsche Biographie (ADB 12, 1880, pp. 460–462, by Carl Bertheau): Hinkelmann, Abraham (1652–1695), GND 11689704X

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Affiliation

Published the Hamburg Arabic text of the Qur'an (1694)

Biography

Born at Döbeln in Saxony, he studied Oriental languages and became a pastor in Hamburg, with Oriental manuscripts in his library. There in 1694 he published Al-Coranus, the complete Arabic text of the Qur'an, with a Latin preface answering those who held such work useless for churchmen. For a long time it was the edition in European students' hands.