Max Bravmann
Max Bravmann ( July 3, 1909 in Eppingen - September 16, 1977 in New York ) was a university professor of Semitic Philology .
family
Max Bravmann was born as the son of Samuel Bravmann (born June 26, 1880 in Unteraltertheim ; May 28, 1958 in Heidelberg ) and Regina born. Ettlinger (born March 25, 1882 in Eppingen, † June 1, 1945 in Jerusalem ). His siblings were Siegfried (born January 3, 1905), Elsa (born July 22, 1907) and Ruth (born April 25, 1914). Max Bravmann's father was a Jewish religion teacher at the high school in Eppingen and Chasan of the Jewish community in Eppingen .
Life
Max Bravmann entered the secondary school in Eppingen in 1918 and switched to the Heilbronn secondary school in 1923, where he graduated from high school in 1927. From 1927 to 1932 he studied Semitic Philology , Assyriology and Philosophy at the University of Breslau . At the same time he trained as a rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Wroclaw . He obtained his doctorate under Carl Brockelmann in 1932.
1932/33 Max Bravmann was an assistant at the Oriental Institute of the University of Giessen . Since he had no career opportunities as a Jew during the Nazi era , he emigrated to Palestine in 1934 . Max Bravmann became a research assistant at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . After he had no prospect of a professorship, he emigrated to the USA in 1951 and taught at Columbia University in New York.
Works (selection)
- Materials and research on the phonetic teachings of the Arabs . Göttingen 1934 (also dissertation from the University of Breslau 1932)
- Studies in arabic and general syntax. Institut français d'archéologie orientale , Cairo 1953
- The arabic elative. A new approach . Leiden 1968
- The spiritual background of early Islam: studies in ancient arab concepts . Leiden 1972
literature
- Karl Diefenbacher: Ortssippenbuch Eppingen in Kraichgau . Interest group Badischer Ortssippenbücher, Lahr-Dinglingen 1984 ( German Ortssippenbücher, series A. Volume 109) ( Badische Ortssippenbücher . Volume 52).
- Jewish life in the Kraichgau. On the history of the Eppinger Jews and their families . Heimatfreunde Eppingen, Eppingen 2006, ISBN 3-930172-17-8 , p. 39–47 ( Heimatfreunde Eppingen / special series . Volume 5).
Web links
- Biography at the University of Osnabrück (accessed on January 13, 2012)
- Literature by and about Max Bravmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ortssippenbuch Eppingen No. 11 807
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bravmann, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bravmann, Meir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd July 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eppingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1977 |
| Place of death | New York City |