Évariste Lévi-Provençal (4 January 1894 – 27 March 1956) was a French medievalist, orientalist, Arabist, and historian of Islam.
Évariste Lévi-Provençal
The scholar who would take the name Lévi-Provençal was born 4 January 1894 in Constantine, French Algeria, as Makhlóuf Evariste Levi (Arabic: مخلوف إفاريست ليفي),[1][2] his second name revealing that his North-African Jewish family was already somewhat Gallicized.[2] By the age of nineteen when he published his first paper he had rechristened himself Évariste Lévi-Provençal.[2] He studied at the Lycée in Constantine, and served in the French army during World War I, being wounded in the Dardanelles in 1917. He then joined the Institut des Hautes Etudes Marocaines. He held positions at the University of Algiers (1926) and later the Sorbonne (1945).[1]
Lévi-Provençal was the founder of the French study of Islam and the first director of the Institute of Islamic Studies (Institut d'études islamiques) in Algiers.[1] He specialized in the history of al-Andalus and the Muslims of Spain.[1] He worked on editing and translating the Arabic sources for the medieval history of Spain, often with Spanish Arabist Emilio García Gómez. His writings about Muslims scholarship were both admiring and critical.[1] He was anticolonial in his leanings,[1] and he tended to ignore or underplay Jewish sources and obfuscate his own Jewish origins to avoid French Antisemitism.[2]
Évariste Lévi-Provençal (1922). Les historiens des Chorfa: essai sur la littérature historique et biographique au Maroc du XVIe au XXe siècle. Larose. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
Histoire de l'Espagne musulmane, (1944-1953)
Séville musulmane au début du XIIe siècle
L'Espagne musulmane au Xe siècle. Institutions et vie sociale (Paris, Maisonneuve & Larose, 1932)
Park, Thomas Kerlin and Aomar Boum, "Lévi-Provençal, Évariste", Historical dictionary of Morocco, 2016, pp. 309–10.
Wasserstein, David, "Nota biographica: Makhlouf Levi and Evariste Lévi-Provençal", Al-Qanṭara, 21 (2000): 211–214.
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Évariste, lévi, provençal, january, 1894, march, 1956, french, medievalist, orientalist, arabist, historian, islam, scholar, would, take, name, lévi, provençal, born, january, 1894, constantine, french, algeria, makhlóuf, evariste, levi, arabic, مخلوف, إفاريست. Evariste Levi Provencal 4 January 1894 27 March 1956 was a French medievalist orientalist Arabist and historian of Islam Evariste Levi ProvencalThe scholar who would take the name Levi Provencal was born 4 January 1894 in Constantine French Algeria as Makhlouf Evariste Levi Arabic مخلوف إفاريست ليفي 1 2 his second name revealing that his North African Jewish family was already somewhat Gallicized 2 By the age of nineteen when he published his first paper he had rechristened himself Evariste Levi Provencal 2 He studied at the Lycee in Constantine and served in the French army during World War I being wounded in the Dardanelles in 1917 He then joined the Institut des Hautes Etudes Marocaines He held positions at the University of Algiers 1926 and later the Sorbonne 1945 1 Levi Provencal was the founder of the French study of Islam and the first director of the Institute of Islamic Studies Institut d etudes islamiques in Algiers 1 He specialized in the history of al Andalus and the Muslims of Spain 1 He worked on editing and translating the Arabic sources for the medieval history of Spain often with Spanish Arabist Emilio Garcia Gomez His writings about Muslims scholarship were both admiring and critical 1 He was anticolonial in his leanings 1 and he tended to ignore or underplay Jewish sources and obfuscate his own Jewish origins to avoid French Antisemitism 2 Contents 1 Selected works 2 References 3 Sources 4 External linksSelected works editEvariste Levi Provencal 1922 Les historiens des Chorfa essai sur la litterature historique et biographique au Maroc du XVIe au XXe siecle Larose Retrieved 17 February 2012 Histoire de l Espagne musulmane 1944 1953 Seville musulmane au debut du XIIe siecle L Espagne musulmane au Xe siecle Institutions et vie sociale Paris Maisonneuve amp Larose 1932 References edit a b c d e f Park a b c d WassersteinSources editPark Thomas Kerlin and Aomar Boum Levi Provencal Evariste Historical dictionary of Morocco 2016 pp 309 10 Wasserstein David Nota biographica Makhlouf Levi and Evariste Levi Provencal Al Qanṭara 21 2000 211 214 External links edit nbsp French Wikiquote has quotations related to Evariste Levi Provencal Evariste Levi Provencal at BibilioMonde in French Biography in French Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Evariste Levi Provencal amp oldid 1171863459, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
