Prof. Dr. Takamitsu Muraoka

Profil

Derzeitige StellungEmeritus
FachgebietIslamwissenschaft, Arabistik, Semitistik,Griechische und Lateinische Philologie,Theologie
KeywordsAramaistik, Hebraistik, Koine-Griechisch, Septuaginta-Griechisch, Übersetzungsproblematik (hebräisch-griech.)

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandNiederlande
OrtLeiden
Universität/InstitutionLeiden University
Institut/AbteilungFaculty of Arts, Department of Near Eastern Studies

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Anneli Pirjo Marjukka AejmelaeusTheologische Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.09.2001

Programm(e)

2001Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Geisteswissenschaftler*innen

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Muraoka, who is holding the Chair of Hebrew Language and Literature, Israelite Antiquities and Ugaritic at the University of Leiden, is acknowledged worldwide as one of the leading experts on Semitic languages as well as on Biblical philology. He is well-known among all Semitists as the author of several excellent Hebrew, Syriac and Aramaic grammars. At the same time, he has made equally considerable contributions significant in the area of Biblical philology, above all to the study of Septuagint Greek. He is praised for his keen interest in and life-long commitment to the preparation of a scientific lexicon of the Septuagint, an absolute desideratum for Septuagint scholarship. Professor Muraoka is going to spend his sabbatical in Göttingen concentrating on Septuagint lexicography and syntax, in cooperation with other Septugint scholars who look forward to this unique opportunity.

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2002Takamitsu Muraoka: A Greek-English Lexicon of the Septuagint. Chiefly of the Pentateuch and the Twelve Prophets. Peeters, 2002