Bernhard Moritz

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Bernhard Moritz (born September 13, 1859 in Guben , † September 22, 1939 in Berlin ) was a German orientalist .

Life

Bernhard Moritz studied Protestant theology and Oriental Studies at the University of Berlin , where he in 1882 with a thesis on Bar Hebraeus Dr. phil. received his doctorate . For the years 1883/1884 and 1884/1885 he received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute , which enabled him to stay longer in Syria and Mesopotamia .

After his return, Moritz worked as a research assistant at the Egyptian department of the Royal Museums in Berlin and accompanied Robert Koldewey on excavations in Mesopotamia (Surghul and al Hiba). In 1887 Moritz got a position at the newly established seminar for oriental languages . Here he worked for ten years as acting secretary, librarian and teacher of Arabic.

From 1896 to 1911 Moritz headed the library of the Khedive in Cairo . From there he made frequent research trips to the Sinai and the Hejaz ( Arabia ). In 1911 he returned to Berlin, where he was appointed head of the library of the Seminary for Oriental Languages ​​and a privy councilor. A few years later he received the title of professor. In 1924 he retired.

As an orientalist Moritz dealt with the topography as well as the literacy and linguistics of the Orient, especially Egypt, Arabia and the Sinai peninsula , describing and including the current situation. Of his writings, which he wrote in German, English and Latin, his monographs in particular had lasting success. They are considered standard works in their subject.

Fonts (selection)

As an author

Essays
  • On the ancient topography of the Palmyrene . In: Treatises of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin , 1889.
Books
  • How Egypt became English (Deutsche Orientbücherei; Vol. 10). Kiepenheuer, Weimar 1915.
  • Images from Palestine, North Arabia and Sinai . Berlin 1916.
  • The Sinaikult in pagan times (Treatises of the Society of Sciences in Göttingen / Philological-Historical Class; Vol. 16,2). Goettingen 1917.
  • Contributions to the history of the Sinai monastery in the Middle Ages according to Arabic sources (Treatises of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin / Philosophical-Historical Class; Vol. 4). Reimer, Berlin 1918.
  • Arabia. Studies on the physical and historical geography of the country . Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1972, ISBN 3-7648-0519-6 (unchanged reprint of the Hanover 1923 edition)

As editor

  • Collection of Arabic documents from Zanzibar and Oman (textbooks from the seminar for oriental languages ​​in Berlin; vol. 9). Spemann, Berlin 1892.
  • Arabic Palaeography. A Collection of Arabic Texts from the First Century of the Hidjra till the Year 1000 . Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1986, ISBN 3-7648-1480-2 (unchanged reprint of the Cairo 1905 edition).

literature

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Moritz, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Guben
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1939
Place of death Berlin