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Manfred Ullmann (born November 2, 1931 in Brandenburg an der Havel) is a German Arabist and classical philologist.

Manfred Ullmann studied Arabic, Semitic and Greek Studies at the Universities of Tübingen and Hamburg. He received his doctorate in 1959 and completed his habilitation in 1965. In 1970 he was appointed adjunct professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Tübingen. In 1986 he received the Lidzbarski Medal. Ullmann is a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen (since 1984) and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (since 1990) as well as an honorary doctorate from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (since 2017).

Ullmann's research focus is on the Arabic grammar (especially syntax), lexis, motifs and the development of Arabic literature and the reception and tradition of Greek scripts (Menander sentences, medicine, natural sciences) in Arabic and Islam.

Publications (selection)

 * Die arabische Überlieferung der sogenannten Menandersentenzen. Wiesbaden 1961.
 * as ed.: Die Schrift des Rufus von Ephesos über die Gelbsucht in arabischer und lateinischer Übersetzung. Göttingen 1983 (= Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen: philologisch-historische Klasse. III, 138).
 * Die Medizin im Islam (= Handbuch der Orientalistik, 1. Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten. Supplementary volume VI, 1, ed. by Bertold Spuler. Leiden/Cologne 1970.
 * Die Natur- und Geheimwissenschaften im Islam (= Handbuch der Orientalistik, 1. Abteilung. Supplementary volume VI, 2). Leiden 1972
 * Das Schlangenbuch des Hermes Trismegistos. Wiesbaden 1994.
 * Die Nikomachische Ethik des Aristoteles in arabischer Übersetzung. 2 volumes. Wiesbaden 2011–2012.
 * Wörterbuch der Klassischen Arabischen Sprache. 5 volumes. Wiesbaden 1970–2009.
 * Wörterbuch zu den griechisch-arabischen Übersetzungen des 9. Jahrhunderts. 4 volumes. Wiesbaden 2002–2018.

Literature

 * Manfred Ullmann. In: Werner Schuder (Ed.): Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender (Kürschner's Almanac of German Scholars). Founded by Joseph Kürschner. 21st edition. K. G. Saur Verlag, Munich [u. a.] 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-23616-7, S. 3794 (degruyter.com – constantly updated online edition with restricted access).

Weblinks

 * Literature by and about Manfred Ullmann in the catalog of the German National Library
 * Bibliography