died in Paris on 21 August 1905. Bibliography Oppert was a voluminous writer upon Assyrian mythology and jurisprudence, and other subjects connected with the ancient civilizations of the East. Among his other works may be mentioned: L'Immortalité de l'âme chez les Chaldéens, (1875) Salomon et ses successeurs (1877) Doctrines juridiques de l'Assyrie et de la Chaldée (1877, with Joachim Menant). A list of his articles may be found in Muss-Arnolt, "The Works of Jules Oppert", in Delitzsch and Haupt, Beiträge zur Assyriologie, ii.523-556, Leipzig, 1894. See also Felix Thomas Fugence Fresnel Orientalism in early modern France Orientalism Oriental studies References External links "Jules Julius Oppert," Jewish Virtual Library, from Encyclopaedia Judaica. Jewish Encyclopedia: "Oppert, Jules" by Isidore Singer & Louis Gray (1906). Julius Oppert on data.bnf.fr 1825 births 1905 deaths Heidelberg University alumni University of Kiel alumni 19th-century archaeologists Archaeologists from Hamburg Jewish archaeologists French Assyriologists German Assyriologists 19th-century German Jews Jewish orientalists Academic staff of the Collège de France Members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences Corresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres French emigrants to Germany 19th-century German writers 19th-century German male writers German emigrants to France Officiers of the Légion d'honneur