Hermann Zotenberg

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Hermann Zotenberg (born January 26, 1836 in Prausnitz , Province of Silesia , † July 2, 1909 in Antibes ) was a French orientalist and Arabist .

Life

Hermann Zotenberg worked at the National Library in Paris. His translation of the Chronicle of Tabari into French ( Chronique de Tabari , Paris 1867–1871) is famous . In 1891 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg .

Works

  • Chronique de Tabari / Abū-Ǧaʿfar Muḥammad Ibn-Ǧarīr Ibn-Yāzid aṭ- Ṭabarī, Paris 1867–1871 ( digitized version ). (Reprint Paris, Maisonneuve 1958, 4 volumes)
  • Robert Henry Charles : The chronicle of John (c. 690 AD): coptic bishop of Nikiu: being a history of Egypt before and during † the Arab conquest. Translated from Hermann Zotenberg's edition of the Ethiopic version, with an introduction, critical and linguistic notes, and an index of names [by] Robert Henry Charles, London 1916, (reprint Amsterdam, APA / Philo Press 1981, ISBN 9060223039 ).
  • Notice sur le livre de Barlaam et Joasaph: accompagnée d'extraits du texte grec et des versions arabe et éthiopienne , Paris, Impr. Nationale 1886
  • Catalog Des Manuscrits Arabes / William MacGuckin de Slane . - Paris, Impr. Nationale 1883–1895
  • Catalogs des Manuscrits Syriaques et Sabéens (Mandaïtes) de la bibliothèque nationale / Jules Antoine Taschereau. - (1874)
  • Chronique de Abou-Djafar-Moʿhammed-Ben-Djarir-Ben-Yezid Tabari / Abū-Ǧaʿfar Muḥammad Ibn-Ǧarīr Ibn-Yazīd aṭ- Ṭabarī. - Paris, Imprimerie Impériale 1867–1871 (3 volumes)
  • Gui de Cambrai : Barlaam and Josaphat: French poem of the thirteenth century; together with excerpts from several other Romance versions , ed. by Hermann Zotenberg and Paul Meyer. Stuttgart, Litterarischer Verein 1864 (library of the Litterarischer Verein in Stuttgart; 75) (reprinted Amsterdam 1966)
  • Tabari: Mohammed, sceau des prophetes. Extrait de la Chronique de Tabari, traduit par Hermann Zotenberg, prefacee par Jacques Berque. Coll .: La Bibliotheque de l'Islam. Collections editees par Pierre Bernard. Paris Sindbad 1980; ISBN 2-7274-0088-8
  • (Ed. And translator): Histoire des rois des Perses par Abou Mansour 'abd Al-Malik ibn Mohammad ibn Isma'il al-Tha'alibi: historien et philologue arabe de la Perse (ah 350-430): texte arabe , 1900, (Reprint Amsterdam, Apa-Oriental Press 1979 ISBN 9060231600 )
  • Invasions des Visigoths et des arabes en France. Extrait du Tome II de l'Histoire Generale du Languedoc. Toulouse 1876.

literature

Gad Freudenthal: HERMANN ZOTENBERG (1834–1909): LE SAVANT QUI A RÉUSSI À SE FAIRE OUBLIER in Revue des études juives , 169 (3-4), juillet-décembre 2010, pp 487-5 / 4 doi : 10.21143 / REJ. 169.3.206 / 169 (currently unavailable)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Hermann Theodore Zotenberg. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed September 1, 2015 .

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personal data
SURNAME Zotenberg, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French orientalist and arabist
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Prausnitz , Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 1909
Place of death Antibes