Gustaf Dalman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gustaf Dalman

German Lutheran theologian and orientalist

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1855

Place of Birth: Niesky, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 19-Aug-1941

Profession: photographer, theologian, university teacher, archaeologist

Nationality: Sweden, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Gustaf Hermann Dalman (9 June 1855 – 19 August 1941) was a German Lutheran theologian and orientalist.
He did extensive field work in Palestine before the First World War, collecting inscriptions, poetry, and proverbs.
He also collected physical articles illustrating the life of the indigenous farmers and herders of the country, including rock and plant samples, house and farm tools, small archaeological finds, and ceramics.
He pioneered the study of biblical and early post-biblical Aramaic, publishing an authoritative grammar (1894) and dictionary (1901), as well as other works.
His collection of 15,000 historic photographs and 5,000 books, including rare 16th century prints, and maps formed the basis of the Gustaf Dalman Institute at Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität, Greifswald, which commemorates and continues his work. The theologian and translator Franz Delitzsch, who translated the New Testament into Hebrew, entrusted to Dalman the work of "thoroughly revising" the Hebrew text.