Epigrapher · Scholar
Joseph Halévy
fl. 1850–1891 · France
Orientalist, active 1850–1891.
Life and work
- c. 1850Named by Caubet as one of the Orientalists taking part in the polemic over the decipherment of the Cypriot syllabic script 'around 1850'; Marangou says that 'before 1850' he and Jules Oppert (called founders of Assyriology) made experimental studies of it.
- 1872Cesnola (Salaminia, 2nd ed.) says Halévy's researches on the Cypriote script were published in 1872 and are 'now rejected by scholars'.
- 1876Rodet (Revue archéologique 1876) says that 'M. Halévy [Joseph] is still pursuing the solution of the problem' of the syllabary (not by Greek), while Rodet himself gave the Greek decipherment; Masson notes Bréal's June 1877 communications settled the question.
- by 1891In the Revue des Études Juives (1881, III, p. 173) Halévy objected to Renan's and Derenbourg's reading of the 'kelabim' (dogs) of the Kition Phoenician temple inscriptions as sacred prostitutes, preferring 'watchdogs'; S. Reinach cites this controversy when adducing a new Greek inscription.
KitionReinach 1891
Connections
3 peopleDisputes & the law
- Rival of Ernest Renan1881
Colleagues & contacts
- Connected with Jules Oppert1850
- Connected with Léon Rodet1876
Sources
- 1.Annie Caubet (1993). “Les antiquités chypriotes au Musée du Louvre”. Kinyras : l'archéologie française à Chypre. Lyon. Online
- 2.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
- 3.Alexander Palma di Cesnola (1884). Salaminia (Cyprus): The History, Treasures, and Antiquities of Salamis in the Island of Cyprus. London, Whiting and Company.
- 4.O. Masson (1992). “Diplomates et amateurs d'antiquités à Chypre vers 1866-1878”. Journal des Savants, 123-154.
- 5.Salomon Reinach (1891). Chroniques d'Orient.