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Charles G. Häberl

Charles G. Häberl
Born (1976-06-22) June 22, 1976 (age 48)
New Jersey, United States
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisThe Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr (2006)
Academic work
InstitutionsRutgers University[1][2][3]
Main interests

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][10]

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.[11][12][9][13][14]

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.[11] He was also the Near East Regional Director for the Catalogue of Endangered Languages.[11][15] 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.[11] He became an Anna-Maria Kellen Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin in 2016.[11][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.[11][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
  • Häberl, Charles G. (February 2006). "Iranian Scripts for Aramaic Languages: The Origin of the Mandaic Script". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (341): 53–62. doi: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. doi:10.7282/T3C53J6P
  • Häberl, Charles G. (2009). "The Production and Reception of a Mandaic Incantation". Afroasiatic Studies in Memory of Robert Hetzron: Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics. Cambridge Scholars.
  • Häberl, Charles G. (Spring 2017). "The Origin and Meaning of Mandaic". Journal of Semitic Studies. 62 (1). Oxford University Press: 77–91. doi:10.1093/jss/fgw044.
  • Häberl, Charles G. (2021). "Of Calendars—and Kings—and Why the Winter is Boiling Hot". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 31 (3): 535–544. doi:10.1017/S1356186320000759. S2CID 234177980.
  • Häberl, Charles G. (2021). "Mandaic and the Palestinian Question". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 141 (1): 171–184. doi:10.7817/jameroriesoci.141.1.0171. S2CID 234204741.
  • Häberl, Charles G. (2022). Kaplan, Jonathan; Pat-El, Na'ama (eds.). "Meryey, Standing at the Boundary, in Zimrat JAH: A Tribute to Jo Anne Hackett". Maarav. 25 (1–2). Rolling Hills Estates, CA: Western Academic Press: 65–89.
  • Häberl, Charles G. (2023). "Binding the Lion: Numerology in the Mandaean Tradition". SSRN Electronic Journal. Elsevier BV. doi:10.2139/ssrn.4502834. ISSN 1556-5068.
Book chapters

References

  1. ^ "教授信息-神州学人". 神州学人 (in Chinese). Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  2. ^ جدلية. "Charles Häberl". Jadaliyya – جدلية. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  3. ^ "Gorgias Press". Gorgias Press. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "BnF Catalogue général". BnF Catalogue général (in French). June 22, 1976. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  5. ^ Petsko, Emily (January 17, 2019). "10 Endangered Alphabets You Should See Before It's Too Late". Mental Floss. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  6. ^ "Les mandéens, de l'Euphrate à la diaspora – Religioscope". Religioscope – Informations et analyses sur les religions et les facteurs religieux dans le monde contemporain (in French). January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Charles Häberl". American Academy in Berlin. December 14, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  8. ^ Haberl, Charles and McGrath, James (2020). The Mandaean Book of John: critical edition, translation, and commentary. Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-048651-3. OCLC 1129155601.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ a b Häberl, Charles (2009). The neo-Mandaic dialect of Khorramshahr. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN 978-3-447-05874-2. OCLC 377787551.
  10. ^ "Pocket of faith". Telegram & Gazette. September 3, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d e f "Welcome to AMESALL". Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  12. ^ Nelson, Blake (February 3, 2019). "New Jersey is one of the few places you can hear these languages — and they're in danger". nj.com. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  13. ^ "Russia's Yandex outpaces Google Translate as it quietly beta tests Papiamento, Udmurt, and Mari languages". Curaçao Chronicle. March 23, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  14. ^ Ürgir, Buse (December 3, 2020). "Artık Neredeyse Hiç Kullanılmayan Yok Olmaya Yüz Tutmuş 9 Eski Alfabe". Liste List (in Turkish). Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  15. ^ "The Endangered Languages Project". ELP. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  16. ^ "Executive Committee". International Linguistic Association. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  17. ^ "Charles Haberl". Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
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