Charles G. Häberl

Charles G. Häberl (born 1976 in New Jersey, United States) is an American religious studies scholar, linguist, and professor. He is currently Professor of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL) and Religion at Rutgers University. Häberl's primary interests include Mandaeism and Middle Eastern studies.[2] He is known for his translation of the Mandaean Book of John in collaboration with James F. McGrath,[3][1] as well as for his research on the Neo-Mandaic dialect of Khorramshahr, Iran.[4]

Charles G. Häberl
Born1976
New Jersey, United States
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisThe Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr (2006)
Academic work
InstitutionsRutgers University
Main interests

Biography

Häberl was born and raised in New Jersey, United States. He holds a PhD degree in Semitic philology from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. From 2009 to 2012, he was the Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University. Häberl is currently a professor at Rutgers University.[5][6]

As part of his doctoral research, Häberl documented the Neo-Mandaic dialect of Khorramshahr, Iran.[4]

Selected publications

Monographs

A selection of monographs authored by Häberl:[7]

  • 2020. The Mandaean Book of John: critical edition, translation, and commentary. Berlin: De Gruyter. (with James F. McGrath)
  • 2009. The Neo-Mandaic Dialect of Khorramshahr. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. (published revision of Häberl's 2006 doctoral dissertation)

Articles and chapters

A selection of Häberl's journal articles and book chapters:

Articles authored
  • Häberl, Charles G. (2021). "Mandaic and the Palestinian Question". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 141 (1): 171–184. doi:10.7817/jameroriesoci.141.1.0171. S2CID 234204741.
  • Häberl, Charles G. (Spring 2017). "The Origin and Meaning of Mandaic". Journal of Semitic Studies. Oxford University Press. 62 (1). doi:10.1093/jss/fg?000.
  • Häberl, Charles G. (2009). "The Production and Reception of a Mandaic Incantation". Afroasiatic Studies in Memory of Robert Hetzron: Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics. Cambridge Scholars.
  • Häberl, Charles G. (2007). Introduction to the New Edition, in The Great Treasure of the Mandaeans, a new edition of J. Heinrich Petermann’s Thesaurus s. Liber Magni, with a new introduction and a translation of the original preface by Charles G. Häberl. Gorgias Press, LLC. doi:10.7282/T3C53J6P
  • Häberl, Charles G. (February 2006). "Iranian Scripts for Aramaic Languages: The Origin of the Mandaic Script". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (341): 53–62. doi:10.7282/T37D2SGZ.
Book chapters
  • Häberl, Charles G. (2012). "Neo-Mandaic". The Semitic Languages: An International Handbook. Berlin-Boston: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 725–737. ISBN 9783110251586.

References
  1. McGrath, James F. (2021-07-02). "Could John the Baptist Have Been From Nazareth?". Religion Prof. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  2. "Charles Häberl". American Academy. 2016-12-14. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  3. Haberl, Charles and McGrath, James (2020). The Mandaean Book of John: critical edition, translation, and commentary. Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-048651-3. OCLC 1129155601.
  4. Häberl, Charles (2009). The neo-Mandaic dialect of Khorramshahr. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN 978-3-447-05874-2. OCLC 377787551.
  5. "Häberl, Charles". AMESALL. 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  6. Nelson, Blake (2019-02-03). "New Jersey is one of the few places you can hear these languages — and they're in danger". nj.com. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  7. "Charles Haberl". Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
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