- Joseph Derenbourg
Joseph Derenbourg, or Joseph Naftali Derenburg (
21 August 1811 -29 July 1895 ) was aFranco-German orientalist .He was born on French-
Mayence , as a youngest son of the lawyer Jacob Derenburg.According to the 1911 "Encyclopædia Britannica", "He was a considerable force in the educational revival of
Jewish education inFrance ." He made great contributions to the knowledge ofSaadia , and planned a complete edition of Saadia's works in Arabic and French. A large part of this work appeared during his lifetime.He also wrote an "Essai sur l'histoire ella geographie de la
Palestine " (Paris, 1867). This was an original contribution to the history of the Jews and Judaism in the time ofChrist , and has been much used by later writers on the subject (e.g., byEmil Schürer ). He also published in collaboration with his sonHartwig Derenbourg , "Opuscules et traités d'Abou-l-Walid" (with translation, 1880); "Deux Versions hebraïques du livre de Kalilah et Dimnah" (1881), and a Latin translation of the same story under the title "Joannis de Capua directorium vitae humanae" (1889); "Commentaire de Maimonide sur la Mischnah Seder Tohorot" (Berlin, 1886-1891); and a second edition ofSilvestre de Sacy 's "Seances de Ilariri". He died in 1895 atBad Ems .See also
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Hartwig Derenbourg References
*1911|article=Joseph Derenbourg|url=http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Joseph_Derenbourg
*JewishEncyclopedia|article=Derenburg (Derenbourg)|author=Isidore Singer andHartwig Derenbourg |url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=265&letter=D&search=Joseph%20Derenbourg
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