Arent Jan Wensinck (1882-1939) studied Semitic languages in Leiden
and wrote a doctoral dissertation on ‘Muḥammad and the Jews in
Medina’ with Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje. After having taught
Hebrew at grammar schools and Classical Syriac and Aramaic at
Utrecht University, Wensinck was appointed to the chair of Hebrew
at Leiden University in 1912. Fifteen years later, he succeeded his
former teacher Snouck Hurgronje as head of the Arabic department in
Leiden, a position he held until his death in 1939. In addition to
his work on the Concordance, his magnum opus, Wensinck was one of
the editors-in-chief of the first edition of the Encyclopaedia of
Islam.
From 1932, Johan Peter Mari Mensing (1901-1951) assisted Wensinck
with the publication of the Concordance and continued working on it
after Wensinck’s death. After having finished his doctoral
dissertation on aspects of Hanbali law in 1936, Mensing taught
modern Arabic as a private tutor in Leiden. From 1948 until his
death in 1951, Mensing was an endowed professor of Muslim
institutions and Arabic at Utrecht University.
'...incomparable outil de travail, lequel, dans l'univers
spécialisé de l'islamologie, trouve une place de choix…'
Constant Hamès, Arch. Sci. Soc. des Rels., 1993.
'...diese Taschenbuchausgabe [ist] sehr zweckmäßig und wird sicher
zahlreiche Anhänger finden.'
I.S., Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft,
1995.
'In jedem Falle ist das "marktgerechte" Angebot einer
erschwinglichen Ausgabe der Concordance ein begrüßenswertes
Unterfangen.'
Stefan Leder, Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen
Wissenschaften, 1994.
Reviews of the first edition:
'Professor Wensinck has put the whole world of Arabian scholarship,
both East and West, in his debt.'
Alfred Guillaume, The Royal Asiatic Society.
'...monumentale...mine précieuse…'
G. Ryckmans, Le Muséon, 1934.
'...unentbehrliches Hilfsmittel…'
Johann Fück, Olz, 1934.
'...unverzichtbaren Hilfsmittel und Nachschlagewerk der
Islamwissenschaft…'
I.S. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 1995.
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