Albert Socin (13 October 1844 in
Basel – 24 June 1899 in
Leipzig) was a Swiss
orientalist, who specialized in the research of
Neo-Aramaic,
Kurdish and contemporary
Arabic dialects. He also made contributions to the geography, archaeology, religion, art and literature of the Middle East.[1]
In 1868–70, with
Eugen Prym, he carried out language research in the
Levant and
Iraq, then in 1873 returned to the Middle East on behalf of the
Baedeker publishing firm. He was a founding member of the Deutschen Vereins zur Erforschung Palästinas ("German Society for the Exploration of Palestine").[1][2]
Kurdische sammlungen (2 volumes 1887–90, with Eugen Prym) – Kurdish collections.
Die Genesis : mit äusserer Unterscheidung der Quellenschriften (with
Emil Friedrich Kautzsch), 1891 – The
Genesis: with external distinction of documentary sources.
Arabische Grammatik : Paradigmen, Literatur, Übungsstücke und Glossar (3rd edition, 1894) –
Arabic grammar: paradigms, literature, studies and glossary.
Diwan aus Centralarabien, 1900–01 –
Diwan of central Arabia (collected, translated and explained by Socin, edited by
Hans Stumme).
Neuaramäische Märchen und andere Texte aus Malula in deutscher Übersetzung, hauptsächlich aus der Sammlung E. Prym's und A. Socin's, 1915 (with Eugen Prym, pub.
Gotthelf Bergsträsser) – Western Neo-Aramaic tales and other texts from
Ma'lula.[3]
Maps from "Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia".