Willem F. Bakker

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Willem Frederik Bakker , usually abbreviated according to the Dutch Convention Willem F. Bakker or in short Wim Bakker (* 1934 ) is a Dutch Byzantinist and Neo-Grecist and professor emeritus for Byzantine and Neo-Greek Studies at the University of Amsterdam .

Bakker studied Classical Philology at the University of Utrecht . In 1966 he received his doctorate there. In 1972 he was appointed as the successor to GH Blanken to hold the chair for Byzantine and Neo-Greek Studies at the Universiteit van Amsterdam. In 1992 Bakker was Visiting Professor at Princeton University , and since 1996 he has been Visiting Scholar and Associate in the Department of Classics at Harvard University . In 1997 a congress on all Cretan literature was held in Amsterdam in honor of Wim Bakker.

The focus of research was initially on historical Greek linguistics , later on edition philology in the field of Byzantine and early modern literature, especially the Cretan Renaissance literature . In addition to dealing with the Erotokritos he put in 25 years of cooperation with Arnold F. van Gemert critical editions of the Cretan Bible drama Η Θυσία του Αβραάμ (German: The sacrifice of Abraham ), the Ιστορία του Βελισαρίου , the legend of the Eastern Roman General Belisario , an anonymously passed lawsuit against the Mother of God and the notary files of Manolis Varouchas kept in the monastery of Amari , as well as three of the five poems by Marinos Phalieros , one of two members of the same name from the Cretan branch of the Venetian Falier family, who also executed the same name 55. Doge Marino Faliero had heard (a complaint about the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus, religious λόγοι διδακτικοί “ discourses ” and a Ρίμα παρηγορητική “consolation poem in rhymes”).

Fonts

  • (Ed., Arnold F. van Gemert): Θρήνος εις τα πάθη και την σταύρωσιν του Κυρίου και Θεού και Σωτήρος ημών Ιησού Χριστού , ποιηθείς παρά του ευγενεστάτου άρχοντος κυρού Μαρίνου του Φαλιέρου . Κριτική έκδοση. Hērakleio: Panepistēmiakes ekdoseis Krētēs, 2002, ISBN 960-524-149-8 . Review by: Walter Puchner , in: Südost-Forschungen 64–65 (2004–2005) 667–669.
  • (Ed., With Arnold F. van Gemert): Η Θυσία του Αβραάμ . Κριτική έκδοση. Herakleion: Panepistemiakes Ekdoseis Kretes, 1995, ISBN 960-7309-96-0 .
  • (Ed.): Θρήνος της υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου λεγόμενος τη αγία και μεγάλη Παρασκευή . Κριτική έκδοση. Athens: Morphotiko Idryma Ethnikes Trapezes, 1988 (Βυζαντινή και Νεοελληνική Βιβλιοθήκη, 8), ISBN 960-250-302-5 .
  • (Ed., With Arnold F. van Gemert): Ιστορία του Βελισαρίου . Κριτική έκδοση των τεσσάρων διασκευών με εισαγωγή, σχόλια και γλωσσάριο. Athens: Morphotiko Idryma Ethnikes Trapezes, 1988 (Βυζαντινή και Νεοελληνική Βιβλιοθήκη, 6).
  • (Ed., With Arnold F. van Gemert): Μανόλης Βαρούχας: Νοταριακές πράξεις, Μοναστηράκι Αμαρίου (1597–1613) . Rethymno: Panepistemio Kretes, 1987.
  • The Sacrifice of Abraham: the Cretan Biblical Drama Η Θυσία του Αβραάμ and Western European and Greek Tradition . Center for Byzantine Studies, University of Birmingham, 1978.
  • (with Arnold F. van Gemert): The Λόγοι διδακτικοί of Marinos Phalieros. A critical edition with introduction, notes, and index verborum . Leiden: Brill, 1977 (Byzantina Neerlandica, 7), ISBN 90-04-04856-1 , online .
  • Pronouns Abundans and Pronouns Coniunctum: A Contribution to the History of the Resumptive Pronoun within the Relative Clause in Greek. Amsterdam: North-Holl. Publ., 1974 (Verh. D. Kon. Akademie v. Wetenschappen, Afd. Letterkunde, NR 82), ISBN 0-7204-8248-8 .
  • (Ed., With Arnold F. van Gemert): The Ρίμα παρηγορητική of Marinos Phalieros. A critical edition with introduction, notes, and index verborum , in: WF Bakker, AF van Gemert, WJ Aerts (eds.): Studia Byzantina et Neohellenica Neerlandica. Leiden: Brill, 1972 (Byzantina Neerlandica, 3), ISBN 90-04-03552-4 , pp. 74-198, online
  • The Greek Imperative: An Investigation into the Aspectual Differences between the Present and Aorist Imperatives in Greek Prayer from Homer up to the Present Day. Amsterdam: AM Hakkert, 1966.

literature

  • Η κρητική λογοτεχνία στο κοινωνικό και ιστορικό της πλαίσιο, Amsterdam June 19-21, 1997 in honor of Wim Bakker . In: Cretan Studies 6 (1998).

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personal data
SURNAME Bakker, Willem F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bakker, Willem Frederik (full name); Bakker, Wim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch Byzantinist and Neo-Greekist
DATE OF BIRTH 1934