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Study of the Semitic peoples
Semitic studies, also called Semitistics, Semitics or Semitology, is the academic discipline dedicated to the studies of Semitic languages and literatures
Semitic_studies
Division of the Semitic languages of the Levant
Northwest Semitic is a division of the Semitic languages comprising indigenous languages of the Levant. It emerged from Proto-Semitic in the Early Bronze
Northwest_Semitic_languages
Branch of the Afroasiatic languages
The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They include Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya, Tigre, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese, Modern
Semitic_languages
Family of languages spoken in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Sudan
Ethio-Semitic (also Ethiopian Semitic, Ethiosemitic, Ethiopic or Abyssinian) is a family of languages spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan in Northeast
Ethio-Semitic_languages
Research institute in Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Semitic Studies (ISS) is a nonprofit independent research institution based in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, dedicated to the academic study of
Institute_of_Semitic_Studies
Proposed Semitic branch of south Arabia and East Africa
South Semitic is a putative branch of the Semitic languages, which form a branch of the larger Afroasiatic language family, found in (North and East)
South_Semitic_languages
Large language family of Africa and West Asia
Afroasiatic languages (also known as the Afro-Asiatic, Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic languages) are a language family (or phylum) of about
Afroasiatic_languages
comparative studies in Semitic languages are often taught as part of individual language curricula, or as part of theological language studies. The early
Comparative_Semitics
Topics referred to by the same term
a racial group Ancient Semitic religion Semitic religions (disambiguation) Proto-Semitic language Semitic root Semitic studies Semitism (disambiguation)
Semitic
Hypothetical reconstructed proto-language
question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Proto-Semitic is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Semitic languages. There is no consensus among scholars
Proto-Semitic_language
Residents of the ancient Near East until the end of antiquity
Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples or Proto-Semitic people were speakers of Semitic languages who lived throughout the ancient Near East and North Africa
Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples
Ancient_Semitic-speaking_peoples
Academic discipline pertaining to Mandaeans and Mandaeism
Aramaic studies, Semitic studies, Middle Eastern studies, and Oriental studies. Related disciplines include Syriac studies, Assyriology, Iranian studies, Jewish
Mandaean_studies
Obsolete language hypothesis
The Indo-Semitic hypothesis maintains that a genetic relationship exists between Indo-European and Semitic languages, and that the Indo-European and the
Indo-Semitic_languages
Slovak Protestant theologian
was noted in the field of Semitic studies for his research work in three main areas: (1) Mandaic studies, (2) Samaritan studies and (3) New Syriac language
Rudolf_Macúch
British scholar and historian
January 1920 – 6 March 2011) was a British scholar of Semitic languages and Ethiopian studies. Ullendorff was born on 25 January 1920 in Berlin, Germany
Edward_Ullendorff
Ethiopian-Jewish scholar (born 1936)
of ancient Ethiopian Semitic languages and of African and Ethiopian civilizations. He founded the Institute of Semitic Studies, which he directs from
Ephraim_Isaac
Semitic title often used in reference to deities
was a title and honorific meaning "owner" or "lord" in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. From its use among people
Baal
Semitic-speaking ethnic group in Ethiopia
(Amharic: አማራ, romanized: Āmara; Ge'ez: ዐምሐራ, romanized: ʾÄməḥära) are a Semitic-speaking predominantly Orthodox Christian ethnic group native to the north
Amhara_people
Study of language in historical sources
Indo-European studies involve the comparative philology of all Indo-European languages, while Semitic studies, Indology, and East Asian studies do the same
Philology
Obsolete racial category
Semitic people or Semites is an obsolete term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group formerly used in connection with ancient and modern peoples of the
Semitic_people
Ethio-Semitic language
Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language
Amharic
Subgroup of the Semitic languages
The East Semitic languages are one of three branches of the Semitic language family. This branch is known from three languages, Akkadian, Eblaite, and
East_Semitic_languages
Study of cultures that used cuneiform writing
known as Cuneiform studies or Ancient Near East studies, is the archaeological, anthropological, historical, and linguistic study of the cultures that
Assyriology
Academic field
specific field within Semitic studies, Aramaic studies are closely related to similar disciplines, like Hebraic studies and Arabic studies. The field includes
Aramaic_studies
Academic cluster dedicated to research on matters relating to Ethiopia and Eritrea
Orientalism, having a significant overlap with Egyptology, but particularly Semitic studies (including Aramaic, Arabic, Hebraic, and Assyriology). It has continuity
Ethiopian_studies
Arabic variety of Oman
"Richard J. Daley, Coastal Dhofari Arabic: Sketch Grammar". Journal of Semitic Studies. 69 (2): 545–547. doi:10.1093/jss/fgy024. Davey, Richard J. (2013)
Dhofari_Arabic
Academic journal
Asia portal The Journal of Semitic Studies is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1955. It covers research of the modern
Journal_of_Semitic_Studies
Canaanite deity or form of human sacrifice
Frendo, Anthony J. (2016). "Burning Issues: MLK Revisited". Journal of Semitic Studies. 61 (2): 347–364. doi:10.1093/jss/fgw020. Gemeinhardt, Peter (2021)
Moloch
American scholar of Semitic languages (1926–1995)
an American scholar of Semitic languages, who published in the fields of Semitic epigraphy, Aramaic studies, and Qumran studies, and a distinguished member
Jonas_C._Greenfield
Academic discipline
Arab studies or Arabic studies is an academic discipline centered on the study of Arabs and Arab world. It consists of several disciplines such as anthropology
Arab_studies
Reconstructed ancestor of the Afroasiatic language family
Proto-Afroasiatic (PAA), also known as Proto-Hamito-Semitic, Proto-Semito-Hamitic, and Proto-Afrasian, is the hypothetical proto-language from which all
Proto-Afroasiatic_language
Ethnic or pan-ethnic identifier used to refer to Ethiopians and Eritreans
determined that the ancient Semitic language of Ethiopia was not derived from the Sabaean language. Recent linguistic studies as to the origin of the Ethiosemitic
Habesha_peoples
Study of the Syriac language and Syriac Christianity
Duke University, or Semitic studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. Most students learn the Syriac language within a biblical studies program. Conferences
Syriac_studies
Scottish professor, linguist, and librarian (1879–1964)
October 1879 – 29 April 1964) was a Scottish academic, Professor of Semitic Studies at the Victoria University of Manchester and afterwards Librarian of
Edward_Robertson_(Semitist)
American biblical scholar (1940–2025)
of Hebrew and Semitic Studies for the next 33 years (1977–2010). Named Max and Frieda Weinstein-Bascom Professor in 1991 in Jewish Studies and Halls-Bascom
Michael_V._Fox
German scholarly organization dedicated to Oriental studies
studies, Semitic languages, Jewish studies, Arabic studies, Islamic studies, the study of Oriental Christianity, Persian studies and Iranian studies,
Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft
Deutsche_Morgenländische_Gesellschaft
Group of South Semitic languages of Arabia and Socotra
The Modern South Arabian languages, also known as Eastern South Semitic languages, are a group of endangered languages spoken by small populations inhabiting
Modern_South_Arabian
Hypothetical linguistic homeland
Afroasiatic are particularly common among those with a background in Semitic or Egyptological studies, and amongst archaeological proponents of the "farming/language
Proto-Afroasiatic_homeland
Northwest Semitic language
Hebrew is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by
Hebrew_language
German linguist (1886–1933)
August 1933, near Berchtesgaden) was a German linguist specializing in Semitic studies, generally considered to be one of the greatest of the twentieth century
Gotthelf_Bergsträsser
German semitologist (1933–2024)
specialist in the field of ancient South Arabia and Semitic epigraphy. After studying Semitic and Arabic studies at the University of Tübingen Müller graduated
Walter_W._Müller
Ancient Semitic religion encompasses the polytheistic religions of the Semitic peoples from the ancient Near East and Northeast Africa. Since the term
Ancient_Semitic_religion
British historian and orientalist (1928–2015)
English, Journal of Semitic Studies Monographs, 3, Manchester 1981. Medieval Arabic culture and administration, Variorum, Collected Studies Series, London
Clifford_Edmund_Bosworth
Group of four extinct languages and possibly three modern languages
the framework of Semitic Studies, and no independent university chair has been dedicated to Old South Arabian (or Sabaean) Studies. Learning Old South
Ancient_South_Arabian
Italian academic
Semitic languages courses with Phoenician and Punic civilizations expert Sabatino Moscati in 1951–1952 in the Italian Institute of Oriental Studies.
Giovanni_Garbini
Term often applied to Jews or the Jewish faith, national ideology or culture
Hebrew is marked by peculiar linguistic elements that distinguish its semitic roots. This hebraism includes word order, chiasmus, compound prepositions
Hebraism
and ethnic history Jeffrey C. Stewart an American Professor of Black Studies Mary Bucholtz Wallace Chafe Bernard Comrie Stefan Th. Gries Marianne Mithun
List of University of California, Santa Barbara faculty
List_of_University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara_faculty
have been dated back to the 2nd millennium BC among a community of West Semitic laborers in the Sinai Peninsula. Exposed to the idea of writing through
History_of_the_alphabet
Relation to the Sabians of the Qur'ān and to the Harranians". Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement. 3. Oxford University Press: 5. ISBN 0-19-922193-6. ISSN 0022-4480
List_of_Gnostic_sects
American academic (born 1928)
instructor of Hebrew and Semitic studies at UW-Madison from 1968 to 1970, and was then promoted to professor of Hebrew and Semitic studies, a position he held
Keith_N._Schoville
Semitic-speaking ethnic group in Ethiopia
Tigrayan people (Tigrinya: ተጋሩ, romanized: Təgaru) are a Semitic-speaking Habesha ethnic group who are indigenous to the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia
Tigrayans
Hungarian linguist (1938–1997)
his work on the comparative study of Afro-Asiatic languages, as well as for his study of Cushitic and Ethiopian Semitic languages. Born in Hungary, as
Robert_Hetzron
Extinct ancient Semitic language
of Semitic Studies, 2023. fgac027. doi:10.1093/jss/fgac027. H. B. Huffmon. Amorite Personal Names in the Mari Texts: A Structural and Lexical Study. Baltimore
Amorite_language
British linguist
the School of Oriental and African Studies with a thesis titled Extraposition and Pronominal Agreement in Semitic Languages. He became a researcher at
Geoffrey_Khan
False claims about Jews and Judaism
Anti-Semitic Propaganda, Anti-Defamation League, 2001. Retrieved 12 June 2007. "The stress on Holocaust revisionism underscored the new anti-Semitic agenda
Antisemitic_trope
Study of culture and history of continental Asia
studies) Uyghur studies West Asian studies Jewish studies Iranian studies Central Asian studies Turkology Semitic studies Assyriology Aramaic studies
Asian_studies
Interdisciplinary fields of research
studies, Jewish studies, Latino studies, Mandaean studies, Native American studies, Romani studies, Semitic studies, and Syriac studies. Some entire institutions
Area_studies
Consonant roots in Semitic languages
The roots of verbs and most nouns in the Semitic languages are characterized as a sequence of consonants or "radicals" (hence the term consonantal root)
Semitic_root
German professor of religious studies (born 1963)
studies, who publishes mainly on Celtic culture and religion. Maier studied comparative religion, comparative linguistics, Celtic and Semitic studies
Bernhard_Maier
Biblical patriarch, son of Abraham and Sarah
37:99, Qur'an 37:99–113): Issues in qur'anic exegesis", Journal of Semitic Studies XXX1V/ Spring 1989 Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Isaac" . Catholic
Isaac
German Jewish scholar of Semitic studies
(1829 – 12 May 1873) was a German Jewish scholar of Semitic studies, the Talmud and Middle Eastern studies. Deutsch was born in Neisse, Prussian Silesia (now
Immanuel Oscar Menahem Deutsch
Immanuel_Oscar_Menahem_Deutsch
Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan." Journal of Semitic Studies (21) 138-162. New, Catherine (27 March 2013). "'Rent A Mourner' Helps
Mourner
Philippe Cassuto (1959 – 2020) was a French professor of Hebraic and Semitic Studies at the University of Aix-Marseille and a researcher at the Institut
Philippe_Cassuto
American linguist (1927–2020)
S. (1989). ""Working With No Data": Semitic and Egyptian Studies Presented to Thomas O. Lambdin". Hebrew Studies. 30: 134–. Golomb, David M.; Hollis,
Thomas_Oden_Lambdin
English priest and scholar
English Anglican priest and pioneering scholar of religious studies. A former director of studies and dean of chapel at Corpus Christi and Trinity College
John_Bowker_(theologian)
The Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages is a position at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. It was established in 1709 by Queen Anne as the
Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages
Professor_of_Hebrew_and_Semitic_Languages
American linguist
University. Häberl's primary interests include Mandaeism, Semitic philology, and Middle Eastern studies. He is known for his translation of the Mandaean Book
Charles_G._Häberl
Historian (1916–2005)
– 2005) was a scholar of Hebrew who was Head of the Department of Semitic Studies at the University of Leeds. Isserlin was born in Munich in 1916. He
Benedikt_Isserlin
British academic specialising in Ethiopian languages and linguistics
Journal of Semitic Studies 31,2:195-236. 1987 A grammatical sketch of Khamtanga. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 50,2:241-266;
David_Appleyard
Name list
Hebrew and Arabic: Modern Trends Compared to the Past". Journal of Semitic Studies. 47 (1): 106. doi:10.1093/jss/47.1.97. This page or section lists people
Akram
the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, and the Journal of Semitic Studies. Ibn Sina’s Remarks and Admonitions: Physics and Metaphysics: An Analysis
Shams_C._Inati
Neo-Aramaic varieties
Conference on Semitic Studies held in Jerusalem, 19–23 July 1965, The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities 1969, pp. 132–151 Cf. M. Tomal, Studies in Neo-Aramaic
Suret_language
Ancient Semitic-speaking people from the Levant
The Amorites (/ˈæməˌraɪts/) were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking Bronze Age people who originated in Western Mesopotamia. Initially appearing in
Amorites
Archaeological theory
Arabia was originally a land of great fertility and the first home of the Semitic peoples. Through the millennia, it was undergoing a process of steady desiccation
Winckler–Caetani_theory
Name list
Hebrew and Arabic: Modern Trends Compared to the Past". Journal of Semitic Studies. 47 (1): 106. doi:10.1093/jss/47.1.97. This page or section lists people
Anwar_(name)
Western dialect of Aramaic used by the Nabateans
Rex (eds.). Near Eastern and Arabian Essays: Studies in Honour of John F. Healey. Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement 41. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Nabataean_Aramaic
Polish-American linguist (1906–2006)
engaged in Semitic studies at the University of Vienna until 1931. He then went to the Sorbonne to study under Marcel Cohen. His studies included most
Wolf_Leslau
Professor of Semitic Studies at the University of Warsaw and, four years later, a full professor and head of the Department of Semitic Studies. Eight years
Stefan_Strelcyn
Extinct Semitic language of Mesopotamia
ə-KAY-dee-ən; Akkadian: 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑(𒌝), romanized: Akkadû(m)) is an East Semitic language that is attested in ancient Mesopotamia (Akkad, Assyria, Isin
Akkadian_language
Extinct Semitic language used in the third millennium BC
also known as Eblan by ISO 639-3), or Palaeosyrian, is an extinct East Semitic language used during the 3rd millennium BC in Northern Syria. It was named
Eblaite_language
Writing system used c. 1050 to 146 BC
alphabet proper uses 22 consonant letters—as an abjad used to write a Semitic language, it leaves vowel sounds implicit—though late varieties sometimes
Phoenician_alphabet
Mourning in exchange for money
Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan." Journal of Semitic Studies (21) 138–162. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mourner. Professional
Professional_mourning
; Desreumaux, A. (2010-06-29). "A Study and Characterization of the Syro-Malabar Script". Journal of Semitic Studies. 55 (2): 407–421. doi:10.1093/jss/fgq006
Malabar_script
Writing system where each symbol stands for a consonant
consonantal Semitic scripts such as Phoenician, Hebrew, and other Semitic proto-alphabets classified within the family of scripts used to write West Semitic languages
Abjad
Series of obstruent consonants in Semitic languages
typically realized as ejective, implosive or pharyngealized consonants. In Semitic studies, emphatic consonants are commonly transcribed using the convention
Emphatic_consonant
Arabic word for God
(2025). "Ancient Allah: An Epigraphic Reconstruction". Journal of Semitic Studies: 1–56. Cook, Michael (2024). A History of the Muslim World. Princeton
Allah
Ancient letter order of the South Semitic alphabets
sometimes called the South Semitic letter order, is one of the two ancient canonical orders of the letters of the Semitic abjads. Its name is formed from
Halaḥam
American linguist
Steiner (born 1945) is a Semitist and a scholar of Northwest Semitic languages, Jewish Studies, and Near Eastern texts. His work has focused on texts from
Richard_C._Steiner
Semitic languages scholar
the Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies. From 2002 until 2007 he served as advisor for the nascent Religious Studies Program. After the program became
Ronald_L._Troxel
Israeli linguist (born 1932)
and African studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was considered among the most important Israeli linguists and researchers of Semitic languages,
Olga_Kapeliuk
1353-1448) and 16 (Pp. i-xvi, 1449-1592), by Wolfram von Soden. Journal of Semitic Studies 27: 281-286. p. 281 Black, Jeremy, Andrew George, Nicholas Postgate
Akkadisches_Handwörterbuch
Russian-born American Orientalist
languages till 1894, in which year he went to Paris to study Oriental languages, especially Semitic studies ("élève diplômé" of the École des Langues Orientales
Max_Seligsohn
Dialect of Neo-Aramaic spoken in the city of Qaraqosh, Iraq
Khan, G. (2007). "The North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic Dialects". Journal of Semitic Studies. 52 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1093/jss/fgl034. Borghero, Roberta. "Some Features
Neo-Aramaic dialect of Qaraqosh
Neo-Aramaic_dialect_of_Qaraqosh
Canadian linguist and academic (born 1975)
published in journals such as Science, Linguistics, Iranian Studies, Journal of Semitic Studies, Journal of the International Phonetic Association, Journal
Erik_John_Anonby
Ancient city in Syria
Semitic Studies 42. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1992. Eugen J. Pentiuc, West Semitic Vocabulary in the Akkadian Texts from Emar (Harvard Semitic Studies)
Emar
District in Shabwah, Yemen
Yemen, by Laurence D. Loeb, Institute of Semitic Studies, Princeton University 1999, p. 73 Judaeo-Yemenite Studies - Proceedings of the Second International
Habban_district
Museum in Cambridge, MA, USA
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East (HMANE, previously the Harvard Semitic Museum) is a museum founded in 1889. It moved into its present location
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
Harvard_Museum_of_the_Ancient_Near_East
Middle Eastern ethnoreligious group
Relation to the Sabians of the Qur'ān and to the Harranians. Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement. Vol. 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-922193-6
Mandaeans
Defunct political party
Semitic Action (Hebrew: הפעולה השמית, HaPeulah Hashemit) was a small Israeli political group of the 1950s and 1960s which sought the creation of a regional
Semitic_Action
Romanian biblical scholar
Demetrios Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Origins, Distinguished Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at the Hellenic College
Eugen_J._Pentiuc
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