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Arabic Studies in the Netherlands: A Short History in Portraits, 1580-1950

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Leiden: Brill, 2014Description: 183 p., ill.; 30 cmISBN:
  • 9789004264861
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Contents:
1. Early History -- 2. The Founders -- 3. From the Englightenment to Romanticism -- 4. The Nineteenth Century -- 5. The Modern Period
Summary: "Arabic is the only living language to have been taught in Dutch higher education for more than four centuries. Practical usefulness, however, has been a prerequisite from the start. Knowledge of Arabic was to promote Dutch interests in the Muslim world, or to help refute Islam. As a cognate of Classical Hebrew, the study of Arabic served as an ancillary science to Biblical studies. Nevertheless, many Arabists such as Thomas Erpenius and Jacobus Golius rose to international distinction. With more than 110 colour illustrations from the Leiden Oriental collections, Arabic Studies in the Netherlands. A Short History in Portraits, 1580-1950 by Arnoud Vrolijk and Richard van Leeuwen will help the reader to gain insight into a fascinating aspect of Dutch intellectual history." --Provided by publisher.
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Books Books Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) Library C 735 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available C 735

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition, "Voortrefffelijk en Waardig, 400 jaar Arabische studies in Nederland", at the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden, in cooperation with Leiden University, from 6 September 2013 until 2 March 2014"--[P. v].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-179) and index.

1. Early History -- 2. The Founders -- 3. From the Englightenment to Romanticism -- 4. The Nineteenth Century -- 5. The Modern Period

"Arabic is the only living language to have been taught in Dutch higher education for more than four centuries. Practical usefulness, however, has been a prerequisite from the start. Knowledge of Arabic was to promote Dutch interests in the Muslim world, or to help refute Islam. As a cognate of Classical Hebrew, the study of Arabic served as an ancillary science to Biblical studies. Nevertheless, many Arabists such as Thomas Erpenius and Jacobus Golius rose to international distinction. With more than 110 colour illustrations from the Leiden Oriental collections, Arabic Studies in the Netherlands. A Short History in Portraits, 1580-1950 by Arnoud Vrolijk and Richard van Leeuwen will help the reader to gain insight into a fascinating aspect of Dutch intellectual history." --Provided by publisher.

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