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The Derenbourg Family
Write the Great Bookדרנבורג
Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Derenbourg lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Family of Franco-Rhenish Jewish orientalists. Joseph Derenbourg, Hebrew epigraphist; his son Hartwig Derenbourg, specialist in Arabic literature, taught at the EPHE and directed the oriental department of the Bibliothèque nationale.
Geographic origin: Mayence, Paris
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Derenbourg — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/derenbourgVariants of the name (4)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
Latin3
DerembourgDerenburgDerenbourgh
עברית · Hebrew1
דרנבורג
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Notable figures
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Joseph Derenbourg
Épigraphiste hébreu
- 2.
Hartwig Derenbourg
Orientaliste, EPHE
In memory
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Works & texts (12)
Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.
1867
Essai sur l'histoire et la géographie de la Palestine
Joseph Derenbourg
Livre de Joseph Derenbourg. (1867)
1885 (Paris)
Les Monuments Sabéens et Himyarites du Louvre
Joseph et Hartwig Derenbourg
Livre (épigraphie) de Joseph et Hartwig Derenbourg. (1885 (Paris))
1889–1892 (Paris)
Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum, Pars Quarta (Inscriptiones Himyariticas et Sabæas Continens)
Joseph et Hartwig Derenbourg
Corpus épigraphique de Joseph et Hartwig Derenbourg. (1889–1892 (Paris))
Derenbourg, Joseph. Catalogue des manuscrits hébreux de la Bibliothèque impériale. Bulletins du catalogue hébreu (2)
Derenbourg, Hartwig (1844-1908). Auteur du texte
Derenbourg, Joseph. Catalogue des manuscrits hébreux de la Bibliothèque impériale. Derenbourg, Joseph. Bulletins du catalogue hébreu (5) : Sorbonne
Derenbourg, Hartwig (1844-1908). Auteur du texte
Derenbourg, Joseph. Catalogue des manuscrits hébreux de la Bibliothèque impériale. Bulletins du catalogue hébreu (4)
Derenbourg, Hartwig (1844-1908). Auteur du texte
Derenbourg, H. Franck, M. Catalogue des mss. hébreux de la Bibliothèque impériale, transcription du catalogue de M. Derenbourg, revue par M. Franck... Hébreu 1306
Derenbourg, H
Derenbourg, H. Franck, M. Catalogue des mss. hébreux de la Bibliothèque impériale, transcription du catalogue de M. Derenbourg, revue par M. Franck... Hébreu 1305
Derenbourg, H
Derenbourg, H. Franck, M. Catalogue des mss. hébreux de la Bibliothèque impériale, transcription du catalogue de M. Derenbourg, revue par M. Franck... Hébreu 1307
Derenbourg, H
Derenbourg, Joseph. Catalogue des manuscrits hébreux de la Bibliothèque impériale. Bulletins du catalogue hébreu (3)
Derenbourg, Hartwig (1844-1908). Auteur du texte
Derenbourg, Joseph. Catalogue des manuscrits hébreux de la Bibliothèque impériale. Bulletins du catalogue hébreu (1)
Derenbourg, Hartwig (1844-1908). Auteur du texte
Derenbourg, Joseph. Catalogue des manuscrits hébreux de la Bibliothèque impériale. Bulletins du catalogue hébreu (4)
Derenbourg, Hartwig (1844-1908). Auteur du texte
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