Walter W. Müller
Walter Wilhelm Müller (born 26 September 1933 in
Weipert in the Ore Mountains) is a German specialist in the field of ancient South Arabia and Semitic epigraphy
.
After studying Semitic and Arabic studies at the University of Tübingen Müller graduated in 1962. He subsequently worked as an academic assistant at the Institute for Semitic Studies; he became a professor in 1968 and in 1973 was appointed an extraordinary professor. In 1975 he was called to be an ordinary professor for Semitic Studies at the
Philipps-Universität in Marburg. In 2001 he became professor emeritus. Since 1978 Müller has been a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute, since 1987 ordinary member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz, since 1990 a member of the Sudeten German Academy of Sciences and Arts, and since 2001 a corresponding member of the British Academy
.
These days Walter W. Müller devotes himself to the study of South Arabia, especially from a linguistic and economic point of view.
Works
- Weihrauch. Ein arabisches Produkt und seine Bedeutung in der Antike, München 1978 (Sonderdruck aus: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Suppl.-Bd. 15, München 1974, pp. 701–777)
- With Alfred Felix Landon Beeston, Mahmud al-Ghul, Jacques Ryckmans: Sabaic Dictionary / Dictionnaire sabéen, Louvain-la-Neuve, Peeters 1982, ISBN 2-8017-0194-7
- Südarabien im Altertum. Kommentierte Bibliographie der Jahre 1973 bis 1996, Rahden/Westf., Leidorf 2001, ISBN 3-89646-682-8
Bibliography
- Norbert Nebes (Hrsg.): Arabia felix. Beiträge zur Sprache und Kultur des vorislamischen Arabien. Festschrift Walter W. Müller zum 60. Geburtstag, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz 1994. ISBN 3-447-03603-6(Pp. XI - XXXIV Bibliography)
- Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender, 21st edition (2007), pp. 2491–2492.
External links
- Literature by and about Walter W. Müller in the German National Library catalogue
- Walter W. Müller at the University of Marburg
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