Jeffery, Arthur

Librarian American U. at Cairo.

From the description of Copy of Belle Greene's reply, 1923 Oct. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270722410

BIOGHIST REQUIRED Arthur Jeffery (1892-1959) was Professor of Semitic languages at Columbia University from 1938 until his death. His professional life was spent conducting historical studies of Middle Eastern manuscripts. Jeffrey is perhaps best know for his books Materials for the history of the text of the Qur'an: the old codices and The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur'an, which traces the origins of 318 foreign (non-Arabic) words found in the Qur'an. Some of Jeffery's studies are included in The Origins of The Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book, edited by Ibn Warraq.

From the guide to the Arthur Jeffery Papers, [ca. 1920]-1959., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, )

Librarian, American U. at Cairo.

From the description of LS, 1923 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270722407

Arthur Jeffery (1892-1959) was Professor of Semitic languages at Columbia University from 1938 until his death. His professional life was spent conducting historical studies of Middle Eastern manuscripts. Jeffrey is perhaps best know for his books "Materials for the history of the text of the Qur'an: the old codices" and "The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur'an", which traces the origins of 318 foreign (non-Arabic) words found in the Qur'an. Some of Jeffery's studies are included in "The Origins of The Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book", edited by Ibn Warraq.

From the description of Arthur Jeffery papers, [ca. 1920]-1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 299029181