Wahl, Samuel Friedrich GünTher

Wahl, Samuel Friedrich Günther a Protestant linguist of Germany, was born Feb. 2, 1760, at Alach, near Erfurt. In 1784 he was appointed rector at Bückeburg; in 1788, professor of Oriental languages at Halle; and died June 29, 1834. 'He published, Allgemeine Geschichte der orientalischen Sprachen u. Literatur (Leips. 1784): — Observationes Philolog. criticae super Psalterii Odario 133 (ibid. 1784): — Magazin fur alte, besonders morgenldndische und bibl. Literatur (Cassel, 1787-90):Orientalische Bibliothek (Lemgo, 1788-92, 3 vols.): — Elementarbuchfirdie arab. Sprache u. Literatur (Halle, 1789): — Beitrag zur Geschichte u. Statistik der Araber (ibid. 1789): — Uebersetzung, Einleitung u. Anmerk. zu Habakuk (Hanov. 1790): — A rabische Anthologie (Leips. 1791): — Altesund. neues Vorderasien (ibid. 1795):Uebersetzung des Korans (Halle, 1828, and often). See Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 3, 490; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1, 210, 229, 277, 527; id. Theol. Universal-Lexikon, s.v. (B. P.)

 
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