Ignác Goldziher (1850-1921), scholar
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Ignác Goldziher (1850-1921) was a Hungarian Jewish scholar.
Biography
Ignác (Yitzhaq Yehuda) Goldziher was born June 22, 1850 in Székesfehérvár [Hungary].
He was educated at the universities of Budapest, Berlin, Leipzig and Leiden. He traveled extensively in the Middle East and taught at the University of Budapest, as a specialist in pre-Islamic and Islamic law, tradition, religion and poetry.
Goldziher died in Budapest on November 13, 1921.
Works on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Origins
Books
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