He got involved in field projects in the Jordanian Badiya by conducting epigraphical and archaeological surveys.
In addition, he started a long-term project that leads to a sort of dictionary of pre-Islamic Arabian deities and practices.
He is also working on finding a methodology which aims to explain words in the Quran on the basis ancient near eastern languages, like Ancient South Arabian, Old Ethiopic, and other Semitic languages.
He is taking part in The Doha Historical Dictionary of Arabic which will detail the origins of every word in its corpus and record the transformations in each word’s meaning by relying on an extensive body of primary materials in the Arabic language, drawn from centuries of the Arabic canon.
It is the first time in the history of Arabic lexicology that we witness the contribution of the Arabian epigraphy in the Arabic lexicon.
This important source covers the period between the 8th century B.C and the 4th century A.D. In the field of intangible cultural heritage, he is elaborating the best practices strategies that would help the Jordanian and Arab governments and communities to safeguard Jordan’s intangible cultural heritage.
He got involved in field projects in the Jordanian Badiya by conducting epigraphical and archaeological surveys. In addition, he started a long-term project that leads to a sort of dictionary of pre-Islamic Arabian deities and practices. He is also working on finding a methodology which aims to explain words in the Quran on the basis ancient near eastern languages, like Ancient South Arabian, Old Ethiopic, and other Semitic languages. He is taking part in The Doha Historical Dictionary of Arabic which will detail the origins of every word in its corpus and record the transformations in each word’s meaning by relying on an extensive body of primary materials in the Arabic language, drawn from centuries of the Arabic canon. It is the first time in the history of Arabic lexicology that we witness the contribution of the Arabian epigraphy in the Arabic lexicon. This important source covers the period between the 8th century B.C and the 4th century A.D. In the field of intangible cultural heritage, he is elaborating the best practices strategies that would help the Jordanian and Arab governments and communities to safeguard Jordan’s intangible cultural heritage.
Hani Hayajneh