Carl brockelmann biography

Carl Brockelmann (17 September 1868 – 6 May 1956) German Semiticist, was the foremost orientalist of his generation.
Brockelmann, Carl, German orientalist, born in Rostock 17 September 1868, died in Halle/Saale 6 May 1956.
Brockelmann, Carl (1868–1956) German Semitist.

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History of the Islamic Peoples, by Carl Brockelmann; Minorities in the Arab World, by A. H. Hourani; Inside Pan-Arabia, by M. J.

Cross-Currents in Islam

History of the Islamic Peoples.
by Carl Brockelmann.
Translated from the German by Joel Carmichael and Moshe Perlmann. G. P. Putnam. 582 pp. $6.00.

Minorities in the Arab World.
By A. H. Hourani.
Oxford. 140 pp. $3.25.

Inside Pan-Arabia.
by M. J. Steiner.
Packard and Company. Chicago. 237 pp. $3.00.

In his Medina period, the prophet Mohammed laid the foundations of his faith to be spread among infidels, instructing his followers thus: “Believers! Obey Allah (God) and the Apostle: and render not your works in vain. . . . Be not fainthearted then; and invite not the infidels to peace when ye have the upper hand: for Allah is with you and will not defraud you of the recompense of your works.” Furthermore, the sword is to be applied to “those who join other gods with God.” “And when the sacred months are passed, kill those who join other gods with God wherever ye shall find t

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BROCKELMANN, CARL

BROCKELMANN, CARL, German orientalist, born in Rostock 17 September 1868, died in Halle/Saale 6 May 1956. Brockelmann pursued Oriental studies, classical philology, and history in Rostock, Breslau, and Strasburg. He took his Ph.D. degree in Strasburg, in 1890, under the direction of Th. Nöldeke and his Dr. habil. degree in Breslau in 1893. In 1900 he was appointed to a chair in Breslau, in 1903 in Königsberg, in 1910 in Halle, in 1922 in Berlin, and in 1923 in Breslau again. After his retirement in 1935 he returned to Halle/Saale, where he died.

During a long and serene life as a scholar Brockelmann produced a wealth of fundamental publications that determined the direction of orientalism, from cuneiform studies to the political and literary history of the most recent periods, for generations to come. His monumental output represents, more than that of any other scholar, the unity of oriental studies in his time. It in no way detracts from his central significance that, as a result of expansion and accompanying specialization, the field has s

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Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition

German Semitist. Brockelmann began the study of oriental languages as well as classical languages and history, first in Rostock and later in Breslau and Strasbourg. After earning his Ph.D. in Strasbourg in 1890 with a dissertation in Arabic studies, he became an assistant teacher at a gymnasium in the same city (1890–92). He earned his habilitation (an advanced university degree) at the University of Breslau in 1893 and became a privatdozent (lecturer) at the same institution (1893–1900). In 1895–96, he traveled to London and Constantinople to copy Arabic mss. which he intended to publish. He was appointed instructor of Arabic at the Seminar for Oriental Languages in Berlin (1900) and later professor at the universities of Breslau (1900–03), Königsberg (1903–10), Halle an der Saale (1910–22; Rector of the University in 1918/19), and Berlin (1922–23). In 1923 he returned to Breslau, where he was Rector of the University in 1932/33 and from where he retired in 1935. He returned to Halle in 1937 and continued