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Jacob Barth
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Jacob Barth

ياكوب بارت

Notable figure 1851–1914 · Source: Najib al-Aqiqi, al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed. (Cairo: Dar al-Maʿarif, 1964), vol. 2, p. 723; Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin (Beirut: Dar al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyya, 2004), p. 202 · Second source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, authority record: Barth, Jakob (1851-1914)

Field: Semitic philology

Affiliation

Editor of Thaʿlab's Fasih (1876) and al-Qutami (1902)

Biography

Born in Flehingen, he learnt Arabic from Fleischer and Nöldeke and taught Semitic languages in Berlin, finally at its university. He edited Thaʿlab's al-Fasih with ample notes (Leipzig, 1876) and the Diwan of al-Qutami (Leiden, 1902), and took part in the Leiden edition of al-Tabari. He wrote on the formation of nouns and pronouns in the Semitic languages, measured against Arabic (1889–1913).