Arthur Jeffery (1892-1959), scholar

Arthur Jeffery (1892-1959) was an Australian scholar, active in Egypt and the United States.

Biography

Arthur Jeffery was born October 18, 1892 in Melbourne, Australia.

Educated in Australia and Scotland, had his first teaching appointments in India and from 1921, at the School of Oriental Studies in Cairo as professor of Semitic languages.

In 1938 he moved to the United Stated, where until his death he taught jointly at Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

Jeffery died August 2, 1959 in South Milford, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Works on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Origins

Books

• Materials for the History of the Text of the Qur'an (1937 Jeffery), book

• The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur'an (1938 Jeffery), book
  • The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur'an, new ed. (2007 Jeffery / Böwering, McAuliffe), book

External links

• Wikipedia