Syria

Al-Akhrass, Safouh: Revolutionary Change and Modernization in the Arab World: A Case from Syria, Damascus, Syria : Atlas, 1972.
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Sprenger, A[loys]. The life of Mohammad from original sources. Allahabad, Presbyterian Mission Press, 1851. ; 1. Ed.
Exceedingly rare Indian-printed work; the English-language nucleus of what was to become the author's chef d'oeuvre (in German) a decade later. It was in the quest for materials for this work that Sprenger travelled extensively in Egypt, Syria, and Mesopotamia (cf. DNB). From the collection of the orientalist Wilhelm Ahlwardt (1828-1909) with his autogr. ownership to front wrapper. No copy in the Austrian National Library. - The Austrian-born orientalist Aloys Sprenger (1813-93) studied medicine and natural sciences as well as oriental languages at Vienna, receiving tutelage from Hammer-Purgstall but failing to be accepted into the Oriental Academy, open only to the nobility. In 1836 he moved to London, where he worked with the Graf von Münster on the latter's "History of Military Science among the Muslim Peoples", and thence in 1843 to Calcutta. In 1848 he was sent to Lucknow, to prepare a catalogue of the royal library there, the first volume of which appeared in 1854. In 1850 Sprenger was named examiner, official government interpreter, and secretary of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta. He published many works while holding this latter position, among them "Dictionary of the Technical terms used in the sciences of the Musulmans" (1854) and "Ibn Hajar's biographical dictionary of persons who knew Mohammed" (1856). Sprenger took a position as professor of oriental languages at the University of Bern in 1857, moving in 1881 to Heidelberg. His voluminous collection of Arabic, Persian, Hindustani and other manuscripts and printed material was eventually acquired by the Prussian State Library in Berlin. Several of his editions remain the standard Received Text. Although never having taught or worked in Austria, Sprenger is considered a typical example of the Austrian school of oriental studies, traditionally aiming for a better understanding of the Middle-Eastern peoples (cf. ÖBL XIII, 49). "Sprenger was not only an ardent and successful book-collector [...] He is said to have acquired a good practical knowledge of no less than twenty-five languages. While in the north of India he was an enthusiastic mountaineer, and, though he did not grapple with the difficult subject of old Arabic geography until he was over sixty, he dealt with it with an insight and acumen that seemed almost instinctive" (DNB). He is remembered as one of the most prominent orientalists of the 19th century. - Of the utmost rarity; no copy in auction records. - Pfannmüller 166, 180 ff. Fück 176 ff. Wurzbach XXXVI, 262. DNB XVIII, 833f.

8vo. 210 pp. Original wrappers.

[KW: Naher Osten: Reisen, Geschichte, Falknerei und Pferde]

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[COLLECTIF]: Alesco abstracts. The first international symposium on palestine antiquities. Aleppo, Aleppo University, 1981.
Sommaire : Antion NUMMUM : Pre-historic archaeological sites in Palestine - Yousef ELAMIN : The emergence of upper palaeolithic in Sudanese Nubia : the possibility of east mediterranean connection - Magnus OTTOSSON : Topography and city planning. The extent of Jerusalem - T.A. HOLLAND : Jericho and the Proto-Urban period - S.W. HELMS : Urban conservatism at Jericho - Bruno FROHLICH, Donald J. ORTNER : Human biological history of Early Bronze Age populations in the Near East - Lawrence E. STAGER : The first fruits of civilization - Michael ASTOUR : The origin of the Samaritans : A critical examination of the evidence - Hendricus J. FRANKEN : People in the Old Testament and in archaeology - William J. JOBLING : Canaan, Ugarit and the Bible : some problems of relationships - Giorgio BUCCELLATI : Archaeology and Biblical archaeology - Ali Abu ASSAF : The relations between Moses and the Midianites and Israelites - Shawqi SHAATH : Highlights of archaeological studies in Palestine - Sie-chi MASUDA : The dolmen found in the Euphrates Basin and Palestine - Mohd. Husein FANTAR : Between Tunisia und Ancient Palestine - Izz-el Deen GHARBIYA : Cultural relations between Palestine and Egypt in Early Bronze Age - Mohd. Wahid KHAYATA : Cultural interaction in Palestine - Maryse TOUZALIN GABORIT : Palestine in written sources : the contribution of the Mari Texts - Horst KLENGEL : The political situation in Palestine and Syria as reflected in the Amarna Tablets. A reconsideration - Alfonso ARCHI : Ebla and the cultures of Syria and Palestine of later ages - Eva STROMMENGER : The earliest architecture in Syria and in Palestine - Jonathan N. TUBB : The MBIIA Period in Palestine and its relationship to Inland Syria - Stefania MAZZONI : The diffusion of the palestinean combed jars - Paolo MATTHIAE : The culture of Ebla and the palestinean archaeology in historical perspective - Frances PINNOCK : The lapis lazuli in the Royal Palace of Ebla - Gabriella SCANDON MATTHIAE : The mace of Pharo Hoteipibre and the connection between Egypt and Syria - Palestine During the XIIIth Dynasty - Vincenzo TUSA : Phoenician-punic sicily after the last studies...; etc.

In-4° br., X-260 pp. env., textes en anglais et en langue arabe. 1er plat et dos leg. frottes, bonne cond.

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MATTHEWS, Donald: The Early Glyptic of Tell Brak. Cylinder Seals of Third Millennium Syria. (Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis, Series Archaeologica 15). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1997. ISBN: 978-3-525-53896-8

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[KW: Antike Frühgeschichte; Geschichte; Naher Osten, Vorderasien]

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