Hermann Reckendorf (Orientalist, 1863)
Hermann Reckendorf , actually Salomon Reckendorf (born February 5, 1863 in Heidelberg ; † March 10, 1924 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was an orientalist , Arabist , literary scholar and professor at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg .
Reckendorf's father Hermann (1825–1875) was also an orientalist and taught at Heidelberg University. Salomon Reckendorf initially studied Semitic languages under Theodor Nöldeke at the University of Strasbourg , and also at the Berlin Rabbinical Seminary, but later turned away from orthodoxy . He received his doctorate in 1886 at the University of Leipzig , in 1888 he completed his habilitation at the University of Freiburg. Both works appeared under the name Salomon Reckendorf, later he called himself Hermann like his father after turning away from orthodoxy.
Works
- About the Value of the Old Ethiopian Pentateuch Translation for the Reconstruction of the Septuagint , Dissertation, In: Journal for Old Testament Science , Volume 7, 1887, Issue 1, pp. 61-90
- The Aramaic part of the Palmyrenian customs and tax tariff , habilitation thesis, In: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländische Gesellschaft Vol. 42, 1888, pp. 370-415
- On the characteristics of the Semitic languages , Leiden, 1896
- The Syntactic Relationships of Arabic , Leiden, 1898
- Mohammed and his family , Leipzig, 1907
- On paronomasia in the Semitic languages , Giessen, 1909
- Arabic Syntax , Heidelberg, 1921; 2nd edition Heidelberg 1977
Individual evidence
Web links
- Hermann Reckendorf in the Jewish Virtual Library (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reckendorf, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reckendorf, Salomon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German orientalist, Arabist and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1924 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |