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Also Known As	Johann Friedrich Hermann Gunkel
Born	May 23, 1862 • Germany
Died	March 11, 1932 (aged 69) • Halle • Germany
Subjects Of Study	Bible • Hebrew Bible • Old Testament

Origen

Christian theologian

Walther Eichrodt

German biblical scholar

Julius Wellhausen

German scholar

Martin Noth

German scholar

Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

German theologian

Sigmund Mowinckel

Norwegian biblical scholar

Sir George Adam Smith

Scottish preacher and scholar

Adam Cleghorn Welch

British biblical scholar

Henry Wheeler Robinson

British theologian

George Foot Moore

American scholar and theologian

Alfred Bertholet

Swiss scholar

Hugo Gressmann

German religious scholar

James Ussher

Anglo-Irish prelate

William Robertson Smith

Scottish scholar

Johannes Peder Ejler Pedersen

Danish scholar

Aquila

ancient biblical scholar

Louis Cappel

French theologian

Leo Jud

Swiss religious reformer

Jacob Bar Salibi

Syrian bishop

Hugh of Saint-Cher

French cardinal