Charles G. Häberl Explained
Charles G. Häberl |
Birth Date: | 22 June 1976 |
Birth Place: | New Jersey, United States |
Nationality: | American |
Thesis Title: | The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr |
Thesis Year: | 2006 |
Workplaces: | Rutgers University[1] [2] [3] |
Charles G. Häberl (born June 22, 1976[4] in New Jersey, United States) is an American linguist, religious studies scholar, and professor. He is currently Professor of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL) and Religion at Rutgers University.[5] Häberl's primary interests include Mandaeism,[6] Semitic philology, and Middle Eastern studies.[7] He is known for his translation of the Mandaean Book of John in collaboration with James F. McGrath,[8] as well as for his research on the Neo-Mandaic dialect of Khorramshahr, Iran.[9]
Biography
Häberl was born and raised in New Jersey, United States. He holds a PhD degree in Semitic philology from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. As part of his doctoral research, Häberl documented the Neo-Mandaic dialect of Khorramshahr, Iran, collaborating with Nasser Sobbi as his primary language consultant. Häberl is currently a professor at Rutgers University.[10] [11] [12] [13]
From 2009 to 2012, he was the Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University and in 2013–2019, chair of the department. He was also the Near East Regional Director for the Catalogue of Endangered Languages.[14] In 2007, the first ever awarded U.S. Department of Education Title VIA Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) program grant to support instruction on Iranian studies was authored by him. He became an Anna-Maria Kellen Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin in 2016.[7] In 2021, he was elected president of the International Linguistic Association, which publishes Word, and currently serves on the board of the Endangered Language Alliance of NYC.[15] [16]
Selected publications
Monographs
The following is a selection of monographs authored by Häberl.[17]
- 2009. The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. (published revision of Häberl's 2006 doctoral dissertation)
- 2020. The Mandaean Book of John: critical edition, translation, and commentary. Berlin: De Gruyter. (with James F. McGrath)
- 2022. The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
Articles and chapters
The following is a selection of Häberl's journal articles and book chapters.
- Articles authored
- Charles G.. Häberl. February 2006. Iranian Scripts for Aramaic Languages: The Origin of the Mandaic Script. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 341. 53–62. 10.7282/T37D2SGZ.
- Häberl, Charles G. (2007). Introduction to the New Edition, in The Great Treasure of the Mandaeans, a new edition of J. Heinrich Petermann’s Thesaurus s. Liber Magni, with a new introduction and a translation of the original preface by Charles G. Häberl. Gorgias Press, LLC.
- Book: Häberl, Charles G.. Afroasiatic Studies in Memory of Robert Hetzron: Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics. The Production and Reception of a Mandaic Incantation. Cambridge Scholars. 2009.
- Journal of Semitic Studies. 62. 1. Spring 2017. 10.1093/jss/fgw044. Oxford University Press. The Origin and Meaning of Mandaic. Charles G.. Häberl. 77–91 . free.
- Of Calendars—and Kings—and Why the Winter is Boiling Hot. Charles G.. Häberl. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 2021. 31. 3 . 535–544. 10.1017/S1356186320000759 . 234177980.
- Mandaic and the Palestinian Question. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 2021. 141. 1. 171–184. Häberl. Charles G.. 10.7817/jameroriesoci.141.1.0171. 234204741. free.
- Häberl. Charles G.. 2022. Meryey, Standing at the Boundary, in Zimrat JAH: A Tribute to Jo Anne Hackett. Jonathan. Kaplan. Na'ama. Pat-El. Maarav. 25 . 1–2. 65–89. Rolling Hills Estates, CA. Western Academic Press.
- Häberl. Charles G.. Binding the Lion: Numerology in the Mandaean Tradition. SSRN Electronic Journal. Elsevier BV. 2023. 1556-5068. 10.2139/ssrn.4502834.
- Book chapters
- Book: Häberl, Charles G.. Neo-Mandaic. The Semitic Languages: An International Handbook. 2012. Berlin-Boston. Walter de Gruyter. 725–737. 9783110251586. https://books.google.com/books?id=SMzgBLT87MkC.
- Book: Häberl, Charles G.. Linguistic and Philological Studies of the Hebrew Bible and its Manuscripts. Hebraisms in Mandaic. Brill. 2023. 978-90-04-54484-0. 10.1163/9789004544840_004.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 教授信息-神州学人. 神州学人. zh. 2022-01-16.
- Web site: جدلية. Charles Häberl. Jadaliyya – جدلية. 2022-01-16.
- Web site: Gorgias Press. Gorgias Press. 2022-01-16.
- Web site: BnF Catalogue général . BnF Catalogue général . 1976-06-22 . fr . 2024-08-12.
- Web site: Petsko. Emily. 10 Endangered Alphabets You Should See Before It's Too Late. Mental Floss. January 17, 2019. 2022-01-16.
- Web site: Les mandéens, de l'Euphrate à la diaspora – Religioscope. Religioscope – Informations et analyses sur les religions et les facteurs religieux dans le monde contemporain. January 5, 2017. fr. 2022-01-16.
- Web site: Charles Häberl. American Academy in Berlin. December 14, 2016. 2021-10-17.
- Book: Haberl, Charles and McGrath, James. The Mandaean Book of John: critical edition, translation, and commentary. De Gruyter. Berlin. 2020. 978-3-11-048651-3. 1129155601.
- Web site: Pocket of faith. Telegram & Gazette. September 3, 2016. 2022-01-16.
- Web site: Nelson. Blake. New Jersey is one of the few places you can hear these languages — and they're in danger. nj.com. February 3, 2019. 2021-10-17.
- Book: Häberl, Charles. The neo-Mandaic dialect of Khorramshahr. Harrassowitz. Wiesbaden. 2009. 978-3-447-05874-2. 377787551.
- Web site: Russia's Yandex outpaces Google Translate as it quietly beta tests Papiamento, Udmurt, and Mari languages. Curaçao Chronicle. March 23, 2017. 2022-01-16.
- Web site: Artık Neredeyse Hiç Kullanılmayan Yok Olmaya Yüz Tutmuş 9 Eski Alfabe. Buse. Ürgir. Liste List. December 3, 2020. 2022-01-16. tr.
- Web site: The Endangered Languages Project. ELP. February 4, 2022.
- Web site: Welcome to AMESALL. Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences. February 4, 2022.
- Web site: Executive Committee. International Linguistic Association. February 4, 2022.
- Web site: Charles Haberl. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. 2021-10-17.