Jean Margain | |
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| Born | Jean Fleury Marie Margain  24 February 1931 |
| Died | 15 February 2012 (aged 80) |
| Education | Doctor of Arts |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Editor, philologist |
| Position held | Director of Research at CNRS (1988–), director of studies (1991–1996) |
Jean Margain (24 February 1931 - 15 February 2012 [1] ) was a French Hebraist. He is known by his Semitic and Samaritan studies. [2]
Margain got his Doctor of Arts in 1988 with his thesis Les particules dans le Targum samaritain de Genèse-Exode: jalons pour une histoire de l'araméen samaritain at Université Paris III. [3]
In 1981, CNRS researchers Christian Amphoux and Jean Margain founded the Académie des Langues Anciennes (formerly called Session des Langues Bibliques), with branches in Montpellier, Saintes, Lille, Lyon and Digne. [4]
Margain was Director of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and president of the Sessions de langues bibliques (in 1988). [5] He also was Director of studies at École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), [6] and Chair of Biblical and Targoumic Philology, from 1991 to 1996. [7] [6]