Rubens Duval (25 October 1839 – 10 May 1911) was a French orientalist, specialist of the

Aramaic language The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...

Biography

Upon returning from a trip to Germany where he studied for two years the course of

Heinrich Ewald Georg Heinrich August Ewald (16 November 18034 May 1875) was a German oriental studies, orientalist, Protestant theology, theologian, and Biblical exegete. He studied at the University of Göttingen. In 1827 he became extraordinary professor there ...

at the

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (german: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, known informally as Georgia Augusta) is a public research university in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Founded ...

(1867–1869), he devoted himself entirely to the study of

Semitic languages The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, the Horn of Africa, and latterly North Africa, Malta, West Africa, Chad, and in large immigra ...

, especially Aramaic. Appointed professor of Aramaic languages and literatures at the

Collège de France The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment (''grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris ne ...

in 1895 (inaugural lecture April 23), he held this chair until 1907, when his state of health forced him to resign. He belonged to the

Société Asiatique The Société Asiatique (Asiatic Society) is a French learned society dedicated to the study of Asia. It was founded in 1822 with the mission of developing and diffusing knowledge of Asia. Its boundaries of geographic interest are broad, ranging ...

from 1879, became a member of its Council in 1884, and held the post of librarian and assistant secretary from 1889 to 1892 before becoming manager of the ''Journal asiatique''. He became vice president of the Society in 1908, although he was at the time declined by illness, and after he had resigned from this office, he was awarded the title of Honorary President on November 11 1910. He contributed himself to the ''Asian Journal'' by twenty articles and hundreds of bibliographic records. He was also a member of the

Société de linguistique de Paris The Société de Linguistique de Paris (established 1864) is the editing body of the ''BSL'' (''Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique'') journal. Members of the society have included such well-known French linguists as Bréal, Saussure, Meille ...

(and of its Publications Committee), member of the Council of the League of Jewish Studies, and regular member of the German Oriental Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft Morgenländische).

Main publications

*1881
''Traité de grammaire syriaque''
Paris, Vieweg. *1883: ''Les dialectes néo-araméens de

Salamas Salmas ( fa, سلماس; ; ; ; syr, ܣܵܠܵܡܵܣ, Salamas) is the capital of Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province in Iran. It is located northwest of Lake Urmia, near Turkey. According to the 2019 census, the city's population is 127,864. ...

. Textes sur l'état actuel de la Perse et contes populaires, publiés avec une traduction française'', Paris, Vieweg. *''Lexicon syriacum auctore Bar Bahlul, voces syriacas græcasque cum glossis syriacis et arabicis complectens'', Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 6 fasc. (1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1897, 1900). In this work he proposed to identify

Ishoʿ of Merv Ishoʿ of Merv (Syriac: ''Ishoʿ Maruzaya'', Arabic: ''ʿĪsā al-Marwazī'') was an East Syrian lexicographer of the 9th century AD. He was a native of Merv in the Abbasid Caliphate. He wrote a now lost glossary of Syriac words, which was used by ...

with Zechariah of Merv. *1892
''Histoire politique, religieuse et littéraire d'Édesse jusqu'à la première croisade''
Paris, Ernest Leroux. *1893: ''L'alchimie syriaque, comprenant une introduction et plusieurs traités d'alchimie syriaques et arabes d'après les mss. du

British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...

and

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'', text and translation (forme le tome II de ''La chimie au Moyen Âge'', under the leadership of

Marcellin Berthelot Pierre Eugène Marcellin Berthelot (; 25 October 1827 – 18 March 1907) was a French chemist and Republican politician noted for the ThomsenBerthelot principle of thermochemistry. He synthesized many organic compounds from inorganic substance ...

), Paris, Imprimerie nationale. *1895: ''Les littératures araméennes'' (Inaugural lecture from his chair at the

), Paris, É. Leroux. *1899
''La littérature syriaque''
(Bibliothèque de l'enseignement de l'histoire ecclésiastique. Anciennes littératures chrétiennes, II), Paris, Lecoffre; 2e éd., 1900 ; 3e éd., 1907 (réimpr. Amsterdam, Philo Press, 1970). *1904–05'' Išo'yahb III Patriarcha. Liber Epistularum'', CSCO 11/12 (Script. Syri 11/12),

Syriac Syriac may refer to: *Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic *Sureth, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region * Syriac alphabet ** Syriac (Unicode block) ** Syriac Supplement * Neo-Aramaic languages a ...

and Latin, Paris. *1907: ''

Severus of Antioch Severus the Great of Antioch (Greek: Σεβῆρος; syr, ܣܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ), also known as Severus of Gaza or Crown of Syrians (Syriac: ܬܓܐ ܕܣܘܪܝܥܝܐ; Tagha d'Suryoye; Arabic: تاج السوريين; Taj al-Suriyyun ...

. Homiliæ cathedrales (Homélies LII à LVII)'' (in the Syriac translation by

Jacob of Edessa Jacob of Edessa (or James of Edessa) ( syr, ܝܥܩܘܒ ܐܘܪܗܝܐ, Yaʿqub Urhoyo) (c. 640 – 5 June 708) was Bishop of Edessa and prominent Syriac Christian writer in Classical Syriac language, also known as one of earliest Syriac grammaria ...

), PO 15 (t. IV, fasc. 1), Paris, Didot. * ''Notice sur le dialecte de

Ma'loula Maaloula or Maʿlūlā ( arc, ܡܥܠܘܠܐ in Eastern Aramaic Syriac script, ' in Western Aramaic Maalouli script; ar, مَعلُولَا) is a town in the Rif Dimashq Governorate in Syria. The town is located 56 km to the northeast of Dama ...

», ''Journal asiatique'', VIIe série, t. XIII, 1879, p.456-475. *''Inscriptions syriaques de

en Perse'', reproduction prints, text, translation and notes, ''Journal asiatique'', T. V, 1885, p.39-62. *1889: ''Le patriarche Mar Jabalaha III et les princes Mongols de l'

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», ''Journal asiatique'', T. XIII, p.313-354. *1901: ''Le Testament de saint Éphrem''. Introduction, texte et traduction », ''Journal asiatique'', T. XVIII, p. 234-319.

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