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Michael Witzel (born July 18, 1943) is a German-American philologist, comparative mythologist and Indologist. Witzel is the Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University and the editor of the Harvard Oriental Series (volumes 50–80). Witzel is an authority on Indian sacred texts, particularly the Vedas, and Indian history. A critic of the arguments made by Hindutva writers and sectarian historical revisionism, he opposed some attempts to influence USA school curricula in the California textbook controversy over Hindu history.

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  • Michael Witzel (de)
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  • Витцель, Майкл (ru)
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  • Michael Witzel (* 18. Juli 1943 in Schwiebus) ist ein deutscher Indologe. Er lehrt seit 1986 als Wales Professor of Sanskrit an der Harvard University (USA). Witzel ist Herausgeber des Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies und der Harvard Oriental Series. (de)
  • Michael Witzel (born July 18, 1943) is a German-American philologist, comparative mythologist and Indologist. Witzel is the Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University and the editor of the Harvard Oriental Series (volumes 50–80). Witzel is an authority on Indian sacred texts, particularly the Vedas, and Indian history. A critic of the arguments made by Hindutva writers and sectarian historical revisionism, he opposed some attempts to influence USA school curricula in the California textbook controversy over Hindu history. (en)
  • Michael Witzel (Schwiebus, 18 luglio 1943) è un indologo tedesco.È stato professore della prima cattedra di sanscrito (Wales Professor of Sanskrit) all'Università di Harvard dal 1990 e curatore della (volumi 50-73). (it)
  • Майкл (Михаэль) Витцель (англ. Michael Witzel; род. 18 июля 1943, Швибус, Любушское воеводство) — немецкий и американский индолог и санскритолог, профессор санскрита в Гарвардском университете. (ru)
  • Michael Witzel (18 juli 1943, Schwiebus) is een Duits-Amerikaanse professor Sanskriet aan de Harvard-universiteit. Witzel studeerde tussen 1965 en 1971 Indiakunde bij onder meer en . Van 1972 tot 1973 studeerde hij in Nepal mimamsa bij Jununath Pandit. Hij doceerde Indologie aan de Eberhard-Karls-Universiteit. Tussen 1978 en 1986 doceerde hij Sanskriet aan de Universiteit Leiden en vanaf 1986 aan Harvard als . Hij was tweemaal gastdocent in Kioto, Parijs en Tokio. (nl)
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