Ahmad Al-Jallad
Ahmad Al-Jallad is an American epigraphist, philologist, and historian of language, specializing in the languages and cultures of pre-Islamic Arabia and the ancient Near East.[1] He was a student of John Huehnergard at Harvard University, where he obtained his doctorate, and then studied the epigraphy of Arabia under Michael C.A. Macdonald.[2] Al-Jallad is presently Professor in the Sofia Chair of Arabic at The Ohio State University.[3] He was formerly University Lecturer of Arabic and Semitic linguistics at Leiden University. He is the winner of the 2017 Dutch Gratama Science Prize.[4]
Research
Al-Jallad has made significant contributions to the decipherment and interpretation of the inscriptions of Ancient Arabia, especially Safaitic and Thamudic, and more broadly to the history of the Arabic language and its position within the Semitic language family.[5] He has discovered and studied a number of important texts for the history and culture of pre-Islamic Arabia, the Arabs, and the background of Islam.[6] He is also a pioneer in the documentation and study of the Paleo-Arabic inscriptions.[7] Al-Jallad directs epigraphic and archaeological expeditions across the Middle East.[8]
Notable publications[edit]
- The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Brill, 2022. Open-access.
- "The Pre-Islamic Divine Name ʿsy and the Background of the Qurʾānic Jesus," Journal of the International Qur'anic Studies Association (2021).
- A Dictionary of the Safaitic Inscriptions, Brill 2019.
- “A Paleo-Arabic Inscription of a Companion of Muhammad?”Journal of Near Eastern Studies (2024)
- “What is Ancient North Arabian?” In D. Birnstiel and N. Pat-El (eds.) Re-Engaging Comparative Semitic and Arabic Studies. Harrassowitz, 2018, 1-45
References[edit]
- ^ https://nesa.osu.edu/people/al-jallad.1
- ^ Muhanna, Elias (2018-05-23). https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-new-history-of-arabia-written-in-stone
- ^ https://nesa.osu.edu/people/al-jallad.1
- ^ https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2017/09/ahmad-al-jallad-wint-gratama-wetenschapsprijs
- ^ https://www.academia.edu/118009256/Al_Jallad_Forthcoming_Towards_the_decipherment_of_Thamudic_D_An_identification_of_new_phoneme_glyph_values_and_letter_shapes; https://www.academia.edu/33917069/Al_Jallad_2018_What_is_Ancient_North_Arabian; https://www.academia.edu/18470301/Al_Jallad_2018_The_earliest_stages_of_Arabic_and_its_linguistic_classification
- ^ https://www.academia.edu/43141064/Al_Jallad_2020_The_Linguistic_Landscape_of_pre_Islamic_Arabia_Context_for_the_Qur_an; https://www.academia.edu/16094901/Al_Jallad_2015_Echoes_of_the_Baal_Cycle_in_a_Safaito_Hismaic_Inscription; https://www.academia.edu/41753832/Al_Jallad_2020_%CA%BFArab_%CA%BEA%CA%BFr%C4%81b_and_Arabic_in_Ancient_North_Arabia_the_first_attestation_of_%CA%BE_%CA%BFrb_as_a_group_name_in_Safaitic; https://www.academia.edu/43388891/Al_Jallad_2022_The_pre_Islamic_basmala_Reflections_on_its_first_epigraphic_attestation_and_its_original_significance; https://www.academia.edu/73883276/Al_Jallad_2021_The_Pre_Islamic_Divine_Name_%CA%BFsy_and_the_Background_of_the_Qur%CA%BE%C4%81nic_Jesus_with_Ali_al_Manaser
- ^ https://www.academia.edu/59258176/Al_Jallad_and_Sidky_2021_A_Paleo_Arabic_inscription_on_a_route_north_of_%E1%B9%AC%C4%81%CA%BEif; https://doi.org/10.1086/729531
- ^ Muhanna, Elias (2018-05-23). https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-new-history-of-arabia-written-in-stone