Salomon Munk
Salomon Munk (born May 14, 1805 in Glogau , Kingdom of Prussia , † February 6, 1867 in Paris , second French Empire ) was a German orientalist .
Munk studied philology and oriental languages at the universities of Berlin and Bonn . In 1831 he moved to the Sorbonne in Paris and continued his studies in oriental studies there . There he was appointed curator of the oriental manuscripts at the university library in 1840 . As such, he accompanied Moses Montefiore and Adolphe Crémieux to Egypt that same year and brought back many Arabic manuscripts from this trip.
In 1852 Munk had to give up his duties at the university because he was beginning to go blind and from then on devoted himself almost exclusively to his translations. The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres accepted him on December 3, 1858 as a member. The Collège de France entrusted Munk - as successor to Ernest Renan - with a teaching position in 1865. Although he was already completely blind at that time, he taught there as a professor of Hebrew , Chaldean and Syrian languages .
Salomon Munk died in Paris on February 6, 1867, at the age of less than 62.
Works (selection)
- as editor
- Maimonides : Guide des égarés (" Guide of the Undecided "). Paris 1856–66 (3 vols.)
- as an author
- Mélanges de philosophie juive et arabe , Franck, Paris 1857/59, reprinted 1927 and Princeton 1980 and 1988; Online at archive.org / Online at Google Books / Online at gallica.
- Reflections on the culte des anciens Hébreux .
literature
- Carl Gustav Adolf Siegfried : Munk, Salomon . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, pp. 16-18.
- Adolf Jellinek Salomon Munk, professor at the “Collège de France”. A lecture . Self-published, Vienna 1865.
- Moïse Schwab : Salomon Munk. Membre de l'institut, professeur au collège France. Sa vie et ses œvres . Leroux, Paris 1900.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Munk, Solomon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German orientalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glogau |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1867 |
| Place of death | Paris |