Research

What are the actual research issues of the Semitic Studies in Marburg?

The central fields of work of our department are Ethiopian, Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew and Sabaean Studies. Recently completed projects include topics such as a new edition and English translation of the Arabic text  "The Indian Books" by ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī; research of evolution of  the derivational verbal system in Arabic; study on camels in the Biblical World; and the edition, translation, and commentary of the Geographical Treatise in the Universal History of Giyorgis Walda Amīd.

Find out more about our projects on the following pages.