Through his groundbreaking studies on Pentateuchal criticism, Karl Heinrich Graf (18151869), Old Testament scholar and Orientalist, made a major contribution to research on the origin of the Pentateuch and on the reconstruction of the history of religion in ancient Israel. Despite his importance as a 19th century scholar, Graf never held a chair at a German university. This book describes and recognizes Graf's Old Testament scholarship, placing it into the context of his biography and within the history of research.

Joachim Conrad und Uwe Becker, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.