Copyright
Geoffrey KhanPublished On
2024-05-06Page Range
pp. 285–286Language
- English
Print Length
2 pages14. Maps
The maps include a general map of the region of Nubia during the Fatimid period and a detailed map of Upper Nubia in the region of Qaṣr Ibrīm showing the places that are mentioned in the documents.
Contributors
Geoffrey Khan
(author)Geoffrey Khan (PhD, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 1984) is Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge. His research publications focus on three main fields: Biblical Hebrew language (especially medieval traditions), Neo-Aramaic dialectology, and medieval Arabic documents. He is the general editor of The Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics (Brill, 2013) and is the senior editor of Journal of Semitic Studies. His recent publications include The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Cambridge: University of Cambridge & Open Book Publishers, 2020, Performance of Sacred Semitic Texts (editor, with co-editor Hindy Najman), Dead Sea Discoveries 29, Brill. 2022, and Language Contact in Sanandaj (co-authored with Masoud Mohammadirad), Berlin, de Gruyter, 2024.