Arthur Jeffrey Papers, 1920-1959 MS# 0674
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Arthur Jeffery
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Arthur Jeffery Papers, 1920-1959
Abstract
Arthur Jeffery (1892-1959) was Professor of Semitic languages at Columbia University from 1938 until his death. This collection of manuscripts, typescripts, manuscript notes and typescript notes with some related correspondence reflects Jeffery's research and writing on the vocabulary and history of the text of the Koran.
Size
28 linear feet (52 document boxes; 2 flat boxes)
Call number
MS# 0674
Location
Columbia University Butler Library, 6th Floor Arthur Jeffery Papers
Rare Book and Manuscript Library 535 West 114th Street New York, NY 10027
Language(s) of material
English, Arabic.
Biographical Note
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.
Description
This collection of manuscripts, typescripts, manuscript notes and typescript notes with some related correspondence reflects Jeffery's research and writing on the vocabulary and history of the text of the Koran. There are also materials on Islam, pre-Islamic Arabia, Semitic religions and languages, Christianity, the Eastern Churches, the Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Gnosticism, general religion and theology.
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ACQUISITION AND APPRAISAL Provenance and Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Arthur Jeffery, 1959; 1979.
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This collection was processed by RBML staff and revised by Bernard Crystal in April 1979. Finding aid revised by Tanya Elder in November 2007.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Arthur Jefferey Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Subject Headings
These papers have been indexed in the Columbia University Library online catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Arabic language--Foreign words and phrases Arabic literature--Translations into English. Bible Christianity Dead Sea scrolls Eastern churches Gnosticism Islam Islamic literature Jeffery, Arthur Koran--Criticism, Textual Koran--Language, style Koran--Readings Middle Eastern philology Religion Semitic languages--Research Semites--Religion Theology
Image: The Koran: Selected Suras (Dover Thrift Editions) by Arthur Jeffery.
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Contents List Box 1 Correspondence; Notes.
Box 2 Introduction and miscellaneous prose; Bibliography of Qur'an translations; Text and versions. Box 3 F.1 "Had Muhammad a Scripture Teacher?," undated F.2 Imala Concluding Essay, undated F.3 Lecture Notes on Selected Qur'ānic Passages, 1925 ānic Interpretation; Nöldeke-Schwally's Introduction ofۥF.4 Notes on Qur ān; Collation of Qur'ān Texts of Hinckelmann, Marracioۥthe Qur and Flügel Notebooks, undated ān, 1936ۥF.5 On The Translation of the Qur F.6 Pause, undated ānic Tractates; Jesus References; Rudolph, "Die Abhängigkeit desۥF.7 Qur anischesۥQoran von Judenlhum und Christentum"; Qur Notebooks, undated F.8 Variant WAQFs According to Al-Marandi (1337), undated
Box 4 ān Subject Index FilesۥQur F.1-7 A-H, undated
Box 5 ān Subject Index FilesۥQur I-End
Box 6 Study of Islam; Manichea (Pre-Islamic Arabia & Prolegomena to the Study of Islam are available on microfilm).
Box 7 "A Reader of Islam"
Box 8 ān, The Typescript, pgs. 1-150, 1929ۥF.1 Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur ,ān, The Typescript, pgs. 158-276ۥF.2 Foreign Vocabulary of the Qur 1929 F.3 "Translation of Ibn Hisham" Manuscript, circa 1940 F.4 Transliterations Lecture and Article Notes, undated F.5-7 Untitled Manuscript, undated
Box 9 F.1 Armenian Language, Old Testament and Mesopotamia Typescripts, undated F.2 Baldawi; Ikhtilās; Kalila wa Dimna; Mutawakhili and Ath-Tha‛labi Notebooks, undated ān Readings Hasanۥān " and " QurۥF.3 Bergsträsser's "History of the Qur of Basra" Notebooks, undated F.4 Cheiko's "Christianity in Arabia" and Weil's "Einleitung in Den Koran" Notebooks, undated
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ān Notes, undatedۥF.5 Critical Text of Qur F.6 "Dervish Prayer-Meeting: Glass Chewing and Sword Swallowing as a Spiritual Exercise" Typescript, undated
ān," Muslim World, unknownۥF.7 "Early Discussions About the Qur author, undated F.8 "Meccan Festival, The," Dr. T. Zaayer Thesis, 1880 F.9 Near East Photostatic Map; Der Mastaba-Friedhof bei Gise Print; and Newsclippings, undated, 1951-1952; 1955; 1957 F.10 "Oriental Christianity and the Origin of Islam" Typescript, undated ānic Studies Notebooks, undatedۥānic Monography and QurۥF.11 Qur F.12 Semitic Epigraphy Charts, undated F.13 Semitic Material in the Egyptian Excretion Texts Summaries, undated F.14 Shanqiti on the Mu‛allaquat Notebooks I-III, undated F.15 Siyuti Itqan Notebooks I-II, undated F.16 Tablet Fragment Photographs and Translation, undated F.17 Taha Hussein on pre-Islamic Poetry Notebook, undated F.18 Untitled Notebooks, undated
Box 10 F.1 Analecta Qoranica, undated F.2 Bashshar B. Burd, undated F.3 Christology or Qur'ān [Documents in I. Schlatter in EMM, 1918] Notebook, undated F.4 Commentary to Variants in Fatihah, undated F.5 Correspondence, undated, 1925; 1937 F.6 Eastern Churches, undated F.7 Gods of the Pagan Arabs, The, Notebook, Undated irī on the Seven Ahruf; Lines of Tradition from theۥF.8 Imala; Al-Jazā Seven According to Al-Mu‛addil's Randatal-Huhaz; and Introduction to Qur'ān Notes, undated F.9 Religion in Pre-Islamic Arabia, undated ān and Arabic Notes, Misc., undatedۥF.10 Qur ān Translations and Correspondence, undated, 1934-1935ۥF.11 Qur ānic References in Cosmology, undatedۥF.12 Qur F.13 Salman Al-Fārisī Background Information and Correspondence, undated, 1939-1940 ān Readers Notebook, undatedۥF.14 Sigla for Qur F.15 Untitled Notebook and Clippings in Arabic, undated
Box 11 F.1 Bartholomew of Edessa Notes, undated F.2 Comparative Semitic Grammar Notes, undated F.3 Canon and Text of the Old Testament Notebook, undated ān in Present Day Islam, undatedۥF.4 Interpretation of the Qur F.5 Logos Typescript, undated F.6 "Muhammad's Doctrine of Revelation" Typescript, 1932 of ad-Dānī Notebook, undated ۥF.7 Muqni F.8 Muslim Eschatology "Grand Assizes: A Description of the Last Trump," Typescript, undated F.9 Muslim Eschatology Notes and Correspondence, undated, 1956 F.10 Muslim Eschatology Notes and Correspondence, undated, 1957 F.11 Notes on the Kabbalah, undated
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F.12 Notes and Pamphlets, undated, 1928, 1952 ānic Material, Misc., undatedۥF.13 Qur ānic Orthography, undatedۥF.14 Qur F.15 Syriac Grammar Exercises to Robinson's Grammar, undated F.16 WAQF Positions According to Ushmuni's Manār Al-Huda (1286), undated
Box 12 F.1 Arabic / English Vocabulary Notecards, undated F.2 Bibliographic Notecards, undated ,ān, Notebooks 1-3ۥF.3 Conspectus of Editions of Arabic Text of the Qur undated F.4 Misc. Notebook Pages, undated ān Readings of Zaid b. 'Ali, undatedۥF.5 Qur ānic Readings Notecards (in Arabic), undatedۥF.6 Qur ānic References Notecards, A-Z, undatedۥF.7-11 Qur
Box 13 F.1 Alphabetical List of the Qurrā (Readers of the Qur'ān), A, undated F.2 Alphabetical List of the Qurrā, B-H, undated F.3 Alphabetical List of the Qurrā, I-J, undated F.4 Alphabetical List of the Qurrā, K-R, undated F.5 Alphabetical List of the Qurrā, S-Z, undated F.6 Ambrosiana F289 Manuscript Photographs, undated F.7 Literal Versions of the Themes in the Beirut Marad al-Klutut (sp), undated F.8 Qurrā Notebooks I and II, undated F.9 Untitled Notebooks, undated
Box 14 Notes on Sufism; Controversy
Box 15 Dead Sea Scrolls
Box 16 Gnosticism
Box 17 Gnosticism; Semitic Religions
Box 18 Semitic Materials
Box 19 Eastern Churches
Box 20 Notes on Cards
Box 21 Notes on cards
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Box 22 Ms. Notes Box 23 Photostats of Arabic mss.
Box 24 Misc. Notes & Clippings: A -L
Box 25 Misc. Notes & Clippings: M -Z
Box 26 Printed Materials
Box 27 Printed Materials (cont.)
Box 28 Printed Materials (cont.)
Box 29 Printed Materials (cont.)
Box 30 Printed Materials (cont.)
Box 31 General Files
Box 32 General Files (cont.)
Box 33 General Files (cont.)
Box 34 General Files (cont.)
Box 35 General Files (cont.)
Box 36 F.1 Arab Influences on Culture and Words Notes, undated F.2 Correspondence, 1935-1958 F.3 "Eschatological Midrashim in Jellinek's Beth Ha-Midrash," Dissertation by Herman J. Fine, 1949 June F.4 Geology School Notebook, undated F.5 "Jewish Community in Egypt During the Twelfth Century," Dissertation by Abraham N. Zuroff, 1948 F.6 Life of Mohammad from Original Sources, The, by A. Sprenger, MD, 1851 F.7 Lord's Prayer, The, Various Languages, undated F.8 "Muhammed ‛Abdu's Critique of Christianity and Defense of Islam with His Suggestions for the Renaissance of Islam," Dissertation
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by John G. Lorimer, undated F.9 "Manuscrits Orientaux" List, undated F.10 "Pseudo-Philo's Saul and The Rabbis' Messiah Ben Ephraim," by Abram Spiro, 1952 F.11 "Study of Foreign Words Occurring in the Hebrew and Aramaic of the Old Testament, A," by Maximillian Ellenbogen, undated F.12 "Summer Journey to Al-Maghrib Al-Aqsa, A," Typescript with Photographs, [Travel Magazine?], circa 1931
Box 37 Ms. Notes
Box 38 Ms. Notes
Box 39 F.1 Farquhar, J.N., Dr., Lectures on the Religions of India, Lecture I-VIII Outlines, undated F.2 Introduction to Qur'ān, Parts I-IV, undated ān" Typescript, undatedۥF.3 "Kur F.4 Nubian Christianity and Modern Theories of Religion Manuscripts, undated at, The," Manuscript undatedۥF.5 "Qira (ān Editions, Translations, Articles, undated (1 of 2ۥF.6 Qur (ān Editions, Translations, Articles, undated (2 of 2ۥF.7 Qur F.8 Qur'ān Notebook #2, undated F.9 Rowe, Alan, "Excavations in Palestine" and "Discoveries at Beth- Shan During the 1926 Season" Typescripts, 1920s
Box 40 F.1 Arabic, Ethiopic and Germanic Vocabularies Notebooks, undated F.2 Dvořák, Rudolf, "Fremdwörter (Foreign Words)" Notebook, undated F.3 Hebrew Commentaries on the Story of Joseph Typescript, 1928 F.4 Goldziher, "The Most Primitive Stage of Qur'ān Interpretation," undated F.5 Pre-Islamic Arabia Notes, Notebooks and Journal Articles, undated, 1921 (1 of 2) F.6 Pre-Islamic Arabia Notes, Notebooks and Journal Articles, undated, 1921 (2 of 2) F.7 Psalms Translations Notebook, undated ān Commentaries, Known Authors, undated, 1921; 1932ۥF.8 Qur ān Commentaries, Unknown Authors, undatedۥF.9 Qur ānic Introduction and Islam Bibliographies, undatedۥF.10 Qur
Box 41 Semitic Religions and Languages (2)
Box 42 Semitic Religions and Languages (3)
Box 43 Islam (1) Box 44 Islam (2)
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Box 45 Islam (3); Gnosticism; Arabic History, Literature & Culture
Box 46 Bible
Box 47 Bible
Box 48 Christianity
Box 49 Religion; Theology (general)
Box 50 Misc. mss.; Misc. Notebooks (non-religion topics)
Box 51 (Added to the collection by Mrs. Arthur Jeffery, 1979) F.1 Development of the Alphabet, undated F.2 Germanic Philology Notebooks I and II, undated F.3 Language and Philology Notes, undated F.4 Lecture Notes on Science of Language, 1932 F.5-11 School Notebooks with Language Lessons (seven volumes), undated, 1916
Box 52 Photocopies of Arabic mss.
Flat Box 661 Photocopies of Arabic mss. (2 v.); Corpus Lectionum Variorum in Qoranum by A. Jerrery (3 volumes). Al-Muhtasas, L'ibn Jinni, Egy. Lib. Qira'at. 78
Flat Box 662 Fragments of the Sahîh of Al-Bukhârî
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