Stein akazvarwa kuna Nathan Stein naAnna Hirschler, vaviri vechiJudha vaigara muBudapest muAustro-Hungarian Empire. Vabereki vake nehanzvadzi yake vakachengetedza chitendero chavo chechiJudha asi Stein nemukoma wake, Ernst Eduard, vakabhabhatidzwa sevaLutherans, sezviri pachena kuti vasunungurwe kubva pakurwisa-semitism iyo ingadai yakavarambidza kuwana dzidzo uye kufambira mberi. Kumba mhuri yaitaura chiGerman neHungarian, mutauro weHungarian nationalist revival muzana ramakore rechi19, uye Stein aive anodada nenhaka iyi kwehupenyu hwake hwese. Akaenda kuCatholic neLutheran gymnasiums muBudapest, kwaakadzidza chiGreek, chiLatin, chiFrench, neChirungu asati aenderera mberi nekudzidza kwakanyanya kuYunivhesiti yeVienna, Leipzig neTübingen. Akadzidza Sanskrit nePersian uye akawana Ph.D. yake kubva muna 1883. Muna 1898 akaenda kuLahorean nehanzvadzi yake, Ernst Eduard, seLutherans, sezviri pachena kuti anovasunungura kubva
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