Jacob Barth
Jacob Barth · Philosophy & Social Sciences
German Semitic philologist known for studies of comparative Semitic grammar.
1851, Flehingen, Baden, Germany — 1914, Berlin, Germany
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Jacob Barth was a German Semitic philologist whose comparative studies of noun formation and pronominal systems shaped modern Semitic linguistics. An observant Jew, he taught at the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin and married the daughter of Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer; his Jewish identity is well documented.
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German Semitic philologist known for studies of comparative Semitic grammar.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
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