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16 produkter
Seventeenth-Century Odyssey in East Central Europe
The Life of Jakab Harsányi Nagy
Av Gábor Kármán
Inbunden, 2015
2866 kr
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In A Seventeenth-Century Odyssey Gábor Kármán reconstructs the life story of a lesser-known Hungarian orientalist, Jakab Harsányi Nagy. The discussion of his activities as a school teacher in Transylvania, as a diplomat and interpreter at the Sublime Porte, as a secretary of a Moldavian voivode in …
Teaching and Learning of Arabic in Early Modern Europe
Av Jan Loop
Inbunden, 2017
1868 kr
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This volume brings together the leading experts in the history of European Oriental Studies. Their essays present a comprehensive history of the teaching and learning of Arabic in early modern Europe, covering a wide geographical area from southern to northern Europe and discussing the many ways …
Learning Arabic in Renaissance Europe (1505-1624)
Av Robert Jones
Inbunden, 2020
2834 kr
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From the first Arabic grammar printed at Granada in 1505 to the Arabic editions of the Dutch scholar Thomas Erpenius (d.1624), some audacious scholars - supported by powerful patrons and inspired by several of the greatest minds of the Renaissance – introduced, for the first time, the study of …
Scholarship between Europe and the Levant
Essays in Honour of Alastair Hamilton
Av Jan Loop, Jill Kraye
Inbunden, 2020
2088 kr
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Scholarship between Europe and the Levant is a collection of essays in honour of Professor Alastair Hamilton. His pioneering research into the history of European Oriental studies has deeply enhanced our understanding of the dynamics and processes of cultural and religious exchange between …
Johann Michael Wansleben’s Travels in Turkey, 1673-1676
An Annotated Edition of His French Report
Av Alastair Hamilton, Maurits Van den Boogert
Inbunden, 2023
2216 kr
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Johann Michael Wansleben’s Travels in Turkey, 1673–1676 is a hitherto unpublished version of a remarkable description of Istanbul, Izmir, and Bursa by the German scholar traveller Wansleben. Wansleben was in the Ottoman Empire to buy manuscripts, statuary, and curios for the French king, but it is …
Richard Pococke’s Letters from the East (1737-1740)
Inbunden, 2020
2714 kr
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In Richard Pococke’s Letters from the East (1737-1740), Rachel Finnegan provides edited transcripts of the full run of correspondence from Richard Pococke’s famous eastern voyage from 1737-41.In this new volume, Finnegan combines updated biographical accounts of the traveller and his correspondents …
Orient in Utrecht: Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion
Av Bart Jaski, Christian Lange m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2316 kr
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Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion covers the intellectual achievements of a remarkable man: Adriaan Reland, professor of Oriental languages (1701) and Hebrew Antiquities (1713) at the University of Utrecht from 1701 to 1718. Although …
Johann Ernst Gerhard (1621-1668)
The Life and Work of a Seventeenth-Century Orientalist
Inbunden, 2021
2083 kr
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In this biography of Johann Ernst Gerhard (1621-1668) Asaph Ben-Tov offers a study of a now forgotten yet unusually well documented seventeenth-century orientalist. Gerhard, the son of the famous Lutheran theologian Johann Gerhard, is not a towering figure but rather a fascinating representative of …
Arabs and Arabists
Selected Articles
Inbunden, 2021
2034 kr
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Arabs and Arabists contains nineteen selected articles by Alastair Hamilton on the Western acquisition of knowledge of the Arab and Ottoman world in the early modern period. The first essays are on Arabs who visited Europe and gave instruction to Western Arabists, and on Europeans who either …
Scholarship in Action: Essays on the Life and Work of Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936)
Av Léon Buskens
Inbunden, 2022
2660 kr
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The Dutch scholar Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857–1936) was one of the most famous orientalists of his time. He acquired early fame throughhis daring research in Mecca in 1884-85, masterly narrated in two books and accompanied by two portfolios of photographs. As an adviser to the colonial …
Louis Massignon et la mystique musulmane
Analyse d’une contribution à l’islamologie
Inbunden, 2023
2009 kr
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À la faveur d’éléments historiques et biographiques inédits, cet ouvrage offre une analyse approfondie de l’œuvre consacrée par Louis Massignon (1883-1962) à la mystique musulmane. Il souligne l’importance de certaines découvertes de l’islamologue pour les études islamiques concernant la période …
Hiob Ludolf and Johann Michael Wansleben
Oriental Studies, Politics, and History between Gotha and Africa, 1650-1700
Inbunden, 2023
2136 kr
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Hiob Ludolf (1624-1704) and Johann Michael Wansleben (1635-1679), the master and his erstwhile student could not be more different. Ludolf was a celebrated member of the Republic of Letters and the towering authority on Ethiopian studies. Wansleben, himself a brilliant scholar and, unlike Ludolf, a …
Christianus Ravius: an Intellectual Biography
1. The Wanderjahre
Inbunden, 2023
2056 kr
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Christianus Ravius (Christian Raue, 1613-1677) led a life of remarkable variety, which illustrates many aspects of the career of a scholar in seventeenth century Europe. This biography, the first full-length treatment of him since 1744, covers the first three decades of his eventful career, from …
Oriental Outpost of the Republic of Letters
Sebastian Tengnagel, the Imperial Library in Vienna, and Knowledge of the Orient in Early Modern Europe
Av Hülya Çelik, Paola Molino m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
2033 kr
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This book explores the life of Sebastian Tengnagel, the imperial librarian who established Vienna's first major collection of Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and Hebrew manuscripts. By examining his correspondence and interactions with European scholars and Ottoman subjects, it sheds light on his pursuit …
Collecting Knowledge in East and West
Studies in Honour of Arnoud Vrolijk
Inbunden, 2026
2588 kr
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This is a festschrift in honour of Arnoud Vrolijk, the emeritus curator of Oriental manuscripts and rare books at Leiden University Libraries. His title of Interpres Legati Warneriani refers to the role of keeper of the manuscripts bequeathed to the Library of the University of Leiden by Levinus …
Near Eastern Studies in Transition
A Collection of Essays
Inbunden, 2026
2775 kr
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This book explores the lives and contributions of prominent scholars in Oriental studies during the early 20th century, many of whom faced profound challenges due to the rise of Nazism. Through detailed chapters, it examines figures like Friedrich Kern, Eugen Mittwoch, and Abraham Shalom Yahuda, …
