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Puhvel, Jaan was born on January 24, 1932 in Tallinn, Estonia. Son of Karl and Meta Elisabeth (Pärn) Puhvel. came to the United States, 1952, naturalized, 1962.
(In a magisterial work, Jaan Puhvel unravels the prehistor...)
In a magisterial work, Jaan Puhvel unravels the prehistoric Indo-Euopean origins of the traditions of India and Iran, Greece and Rome, of the Celts, Germans, Balts, and Slavs. Utilizing the methodologies of historical linguistics and archaeology, he reconstructs a shared religious, mytholoigcal, and cultural heritage. Separate chapters on individual traditions as well as on recurrent thees - god and warrior, king and virgin, fire and water - give life to "Comparative Mythology" as both a general introduction and a detaled reference.
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(In a magisterial work, Jaan Puhvel unravels the prehistor...)
In a magisterial work, Jaan Puhvel unravels the prehistoric Indo-Euopean origins of the traditions of India and Iran, Greece and Rome, of the Celts, Germans, Balts, and Slavs. Utilizing the methodologies of historical linguistics and archaeology, he reconstructs a shared religious, mytholoigcal, and cultural heritage. Separate chapters on individual traditions as well as on recurrent thees - god and warrior, king and virgin, fire and water - give life to "Comparative Mythology" as both a general introduction and a detaled reference.
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Puhvel, Jaan was born on January 24, 1932 in Tallinn, Estonia. Son of Karl and Meta Elisabeth (Pärn) Puhvel. came to the United States, 1952, naturalized, 1962.
Bachelor of Arts, McGill University, 1951; Master of Arts, McGill University, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy (Junior fellow 1953-1957), Harvard, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Tartu, Estonia, 1991.
Lecturer, McGill University, 1955-1956; instructor, University Texas, 1957-1958; visiting professor, University Texas, 1960; member of faculty, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1958; professor classics and Indo-European studies, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964-1992; professor emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1993; director, Center Research Langs. and Linguistics, 1962-1967; vice chairman charge section Indo-European studies, Center Research Langs. and Linguistics, 1964-1968; department chairman classics, Center Research Langs. and Linguistics, 1968-1975; Collitz professor Indo-European comparative philology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1971; professor extraordinarius, U. Tartu, Estonia, since 1993.
(The Hittite Etymological Dictionary is a comprehensive co...)
( The HittiteEtymological Dictionary is a comprehensive c...)
( The HittiteEtymological Dictionary is a comprehensive c...)
(In a magisterial work, Jaan Puhvel unravels the prehistor...)
(In a magisterial work, Jaan Puhvel unravels the prehistor...)
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Member American Oriental Society, Association Advancement Baltic Studies (president 1971-1972).
Married Sirje Madli Hansen, June 4, 1960. Children— Peter Jaan, Andres Jaak, Markus Jüri.