Friedrich Wilhelm Carl Umbreit

Friedrich Wilhelm Carl/Karl Umbreit (April 11, 1795, Sonneborn, Thüringen - April 26, 1860, Heidelberg) was a German Protestant theologian and a Hebrew Bible scholar.

He was a student at the University of Göttingen, where one of his instructors was Johann Gottfried Eichhorn (1852-1827).

He then continued his studies in Vienna with Orientalist Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774-1856).

In 1828 with Carl Christian Ullmann (1796-1865), he became co-editor of the journal Theologischen Studien und Kritiken (Theological studies and discussions).

His best known publication was a masterful four-volume exegetical work on the prophets of the Old Testament titled Praktischer Commentar über die Propheten des alten Bundes (1841–46).