Alexander Sima

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Alexander Sima (born November 9, 1969 , † September 3, 2004 in Yemen) was an Austrian Semitist.

He first studied organ music, then Catholic theology (with a degree in Magister theologiae ') and Arabic and ancient Semitic philology at the University of Vienna . He continued his studies in Semitic Studies, Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Eastern Church History at the University of Marburg , which he completed with a master's degree and a doctorate, title of the work: "Animals, plants and metals in the old South Arabic inscriptions: a lexical and realist investigation", graduated in 2000. Since 1996 he has been a lecturer at the University of Vienna and 1999/2000 at the University of Mainz. Since 2000 he has been a research assistant and assistant professor at the seminar for Semitic Studies at Heidelberg University. In September 2004 Sima was killed in a car accident in Yemen.

effect

He dealt with Old and New South Arabic languages, especially Mehri and Hobyot. He worked on a grammar and dictionary of the Mehri spoken in Hawf on the border of the Sultanate of Oman with the province of Dhofar . He has published a wide variety of publications, some of which have become classics in their field.

Alexander Sima Memorial Prize

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his death, the Institute for Oriental Studies at the University of Vienna donated the Alexander Sima Memorial Prize, endowed with 1000 euros, for outstanding research in the field of Semitic studies. The prize is awarded every two years. The first award winner was Ulrich Seeger in 2015 .

Works

A largely complete list of his publications can be found in: S. Weninger: "List of publications Alexander Sima." In: Philological and historical issues between Anatolia and Socotra: Analecta Semitica In Memoriam Alexander Sima, ed. Werner Arnold, Michael Jursa, Walter W. Müller, Stephan Procházka (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2009), p. ix-xiii.

Monographs

  • Animals, plants and metals in the old South Arabic inscriptions: A lexical and realist investigation, Wiesbaden, 2000
  • The Lihyan inscriptions from al-Udayb (Saudi Arabia), Rahden, 1999
  • Mehri texts from the Yemeni Šarqīyah. Transcribed with the assistance of ʿAskari Ḥugayrān Saʿd. Edited and edited by Janet CE Watson and Werner Arnold. Wiesbaden, 2009

Article (selection)

  • The position of the Mehri language in the province of Mahra. A situation and travel report, in: Yemen-Report 33/2 (2002), pp. 25–29.

literature

  • Walter W. Müller: Archive for Orient Research 50 (2003/2004) pp. 514-516
  • Michael Jursa: Alexander Sima, in WZKM, 94 (2005)
  • Janet Watson: In Memoriam Alexander Sima, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 35 (2005), 6-8

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personal data
SURNAME Sima, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Semitist
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1969
DATE OF DEATH September 3, 2004
Place of death Yemen