Jean-Baptiste Chabot
Jean-Baptiste Chabot (born February 16, 1860 in France, † January 7, 1948 ) was a French Catholic clergyman and orientalist .
Live and act
Jean-Baptiste Chabot was born in 1860. He studied theology at the Université catholique de Louvain . After he had compiled a bilingual edition of the Chronicle of Zuqnin under the direction of Rubens Duval , he received the chair for Aramaic languages and literature at the Collège de France in 1895 . In 1903 he founded the book series Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium (CSCO), for which he also contributed various volumes. Among other things, he is the author of a selection of inscriptions from Palmyra ( Choix d'inscriptions de Palmyre , 1922, on Aramaic texts from Palmyra) and an introduction to Syrian literature ( Littérature syriaque , 1935). Jean-Baptiste Chabot died in 1948.
Publications (selection)
- Jean-Baptiste Chabot, L'École de Nisibie, son histoire ses statuts , extrait du Journal asiatique , 1896.
- Histoire de Mar Jabalaha III et du moine Rabban Cauma , translated by Jean-Baptiste Chabot, Ernest Leroux, Paris 1895.
- La légende de Mar Bassus, martyr persan, suivi de l'histoire de la fondation de son couvent à Apamée , translated by Jean-Baptiste Chabot, Ernest Leroux, Paris 1893.
- Le livre de la chasteté , de Jésusdenah, évêque de Basrah , translated by Jean-Baptiste Chabot, Rome 1896.
- Vie de Mar Youssef, premier patriarche des Chaldéens " in ROC, 1896.
- Les langues et les littératures araméennes , Paul Geuthner, Paris 1910.
- Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Rubens Duval . Protat frères, Macon 1911.
See also
- CSCO
- René Draguet (1896–1980) (French)
References and footnotes
literature
- Édouard Dhorme , "Notice on the vie et les travaux de M. l'abbé Jean-Baptiste Chabot, membre de l'Académie", Comptes-rendus des séances de l ' Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres , vol. 96, n ° 2, 1952, p.263-277 online (Persée)
- Ward De Pril, Johan Leemans: Patristics in Belgium around 1911: Universities and Beyond
- P. Faure, “Chabot (Jean-Baptiste),” Dictionnaire de biographie française 8 (Paris, 1959): 132-133.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chabot, Jean-Baptiste |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chabot, Jean Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Catholic clergyman and orientalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | France |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1948 |