GRAF, KARL HEINRICH (1815-1869), German Old Testament scholar and orientalist, was born at Miilhausen in Al sace on Feb. 28, 1815, and was educated at Strasbourg. After holding various teaching posts, he was made instructor in French and Hebrew at the Landesschule of Meissen, and in 1852 profes sor. He died on July 16, 1869. Graf was one of the chief founders of Old Testament criticism.
See T. K. Cheyne, Founders of Old Testament Criticism (1893) ; and O. Pfleiderer, Development of Theology (189o) .