Salomon Munk

Salomon Munk ( born May 14, 1805 in Glogau, † February 6, 1867 in Paris) was a German orientalist.

Munk studied at the universities of Berlin and Bonn Philology and Oriental languages. In 1831 he moved to the Sorbonne in Paris where he continued his studies in Oriental Studies. There, he was appointed in 1840 to the curator of the Oriental manuscripts in the University Library. As such, he still accompanied in the same year Moses Montefiore and Adolphe Crémieux to Egypt and took from this trip many Arab manuscripts.

1852 had Munk for his incipient blindness his duties at the University of Post and devoted himself almost exclusively to his translations. The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres took him on 3 December 1858 as a member. The College de France entrusted Munk - as the successor of Ernest Renan - 1865 as a lecturer. Although he was already completely blind at this time, he taught as Professor of Hebrew, Chaldean and Syriac language.

Salomon Munk died on February 6, 1867 at the age of not quite 62 years in Paris.

Works (selection)

  • Maimonides: Guide des Egares ( " Dalâlat al-' hairin "). Paris 1856-66 (3 vols )
  • Mélanges de philosophie Juive et arabe, Franck, Paris 1857/59, emphasis in 1927 and Princeton in 1980 and 1988; Online at archive.org / online at Google Books / Online at Gallica.
  • Réflexions sur le culte of the anciens Hebreux.
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