Hans Bauer (semitist)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hans Bauer (16 January 1878 – 3 June 1937) was a German semitist and professor at the University of Halle in the early 1930s. He was involved in the decipherment of Ugaritic cuneiform on clay tablets discovered in Ras Shamra, Ugarit.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ James B. Pritchard Archaeology and the Old Testament, in Google Books
  2. ^ Allan D. Corré, Anatomy of a Decipherment, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee [1]

Further reading[edit]

  • Holger Gzella: "Hans Bauer und die historisch-vergleichende Semitistik," in: Otto Jastrow et al. (eds.), Studien zur Semitistik und Arabistik. Festschrift für Hartmut Bobzin zum 60. Geburtstag. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2008, pp. 141–182.