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'''Évariste Lévi-Provençal''' (1894–1956) was a French medievalist, orientalist, Arabist, and historian of Islam. |
'''Évariste Lévi-Provençal''' (1894–1956) was a French medievalist, orientalist, Arabist, and historian of Islam. |
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Born 4 January 1894 in [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]], [[Algeria]], as '''Makhlóuf Evariste Levi''', his name already revealing [[Francization|Gallicized]] tendencies in his North-African [[Jewish]] family. By the age of nineteen when he published his first paper he had rechristened himself Évariste Lévi-Provençal. 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). |
Born 4 January 1894 in [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]], [[French Algeria]], as '''Makhlóuf Evariste Levi''', his name already revealing [[Francization|Gallicized]] tendencies in his North-African [[Jewish]] family. By the age of nineteen when he published his first paper he had rechristened himself Évariste Lévi-Provençal. 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). |
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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]]. He specialized in the history of [[al-Andalus]] and the Muslims of Spain. He worked on editing and translating the Arabic sources for the medieval history of Spain, often with Spanish Arabist [[Emilio García Gómez]]. Throughout his scholarly work, he tended to ignore or underplay Jewish sources and obfuscate his own Jewish origins to avoid French [[Antisemitism]]. |
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]]. He specialized in the history of [[al-Andalus]] and the Muslims of Spain. He worked on editing and translating the Arabic sources for the medieval history of Spain, often with Spanish Arabist [[Emilio García Gómez]]. Throughout his scholarly work, he tended to ignore or underplay Jewish sources and obfuscate his own Jewish origins to avoid French [[Antisemitism]]. |
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Évariste Lévi-Provençal (1894–1956) was a French medievalist, orientalist, Arabist, and historian of Islam.
Born 4 January 1894 in Constantine, French Algeria, as Makhlóuf Evariste Levi, his name already revealing Gallicized tendencies in his North-African Jewish family. By the age of nineteen when he published his first paper he had rechristened himself Évariste Lévi-Provençal. 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).
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. He specialized in the history of al-Andalus and the Muslims of Spain. He worked on editing and translating the Arabic sources for the medieval history of Spain, often with Spanish Arabist Emilio García Gómez. Throughout his scholarly work, he tended to ignore or underplay Jewish sources and obfuscate his own Jewish origins to avoid French Antisemitism.
Selected works
- Les Historiens du Chorfa, Essai sur la littérature historique et biographique au Maroc, du XVIe au XXe siècle, (1922)
- 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)
References
- Park, Thomas Kerlin and Aomar Boum, "Lévi-Provençal, Évariste", Historical dictionary of Morocco, 2006, p. 218
- Wasserstein, David, "Nota biographica: Makhlouf Levi and Evariste Lévi-Provençal", Al-Qanṭara, 21 (2000): 211-214.
External links
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