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Arabia Before Islam: Gods, Languages, and Identities

Date:: Thursday, 04 Feb 2021
Time:: 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location:: Online
Department:: Muslim Studies Program

Event Details:

Arabia Before Islam: Gods, Languages, and Identities
Thursday, February 4, 7:00 pm

Webinar lecture by Ahmad Al-Jallad
Sofia Chair in Arabic Studies
& Associate Professor
Ohio State University

Ahmad Al-Jallad is a philologist, epigraphist, and historian of language. His work focuses on the languages and writing systems of pre-Islamic Arabia and the ancient Near East.

His latest book explores Arabic's transformation as it crosses the pre-Islam – Islam divide: "Damascus Psalm Fragment: Middle Arabic and the Legacy of Old Higazi"