View source for Joseph Derenbourg (1811-1895), scholar

[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Joseph_Derenbourg.jpg Joseph Derenbourg] (1811-1895) was a Jewish-French scholar.

==Biography==
Jewish scholar, orientalist. Professor of Hebrew language and literature at Ecole des Hautes Etudes. Made major contribution in oriental languages and inscriptions. Catalogues Hebrew mss. at Bibliothèque Nationale. Active in Jewish community.

==Works on Second Temple Judaism==

====Books==== 
*[[Essai sur l'histoire et la géographie de la Palestine. 1: Histoire de la Palestine depuis Cyrus jusqu’à Adrien (1867 Derenbourg), book]]

==External links==
*[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=265&letter=D&search=Derenbourg JewEn.com]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Derenbourg Wikipedia] / [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Derenbourg Wikipedia.fr]


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[[Category:French|1811 Derenbourg]]
[[Category:French Scholars|1811 Derenbourg]]

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[[Category:Jewish Scholars|1811 Derenbourg]]

[[Category:Born in the 1810s| 1811 Derenbourg]]
[[Category:Died in the 1890s| 1895 Derenbourg]]