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Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter

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Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter (1506–57) was a diplomat, a Hebraist, and a bibliophile, known for his expertise in oriental studies and his large collection of manuscripts. He published in 1543 The Theology of Muḥammad, which contains a Latin translation of the Masāʾil ʿAbdallāh b. Salām, a Latin summary of the Qurʾān, and in 1555 the Editio Princeps of the Syriac New Testament (Wilkinson, 171–88). He died on 28 March 1557 in Regensburg.
Title:
Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter
Author:
Maxime Sellin
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān Online
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/1875-3922_q3_EQCOM_059305
Language:
English
First-online:
22 Apr 2024
Last-update:
25 May 2024
Online ISSN:
1875-3922
Publisher:
Brill

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