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Arabic studies in the Netherlands : a short history in portraits, 1580-1950 / by Arnoud Vrolijk, Richard van Leeuwen ; translated by Alastair Hamilton.
Van Pelt Library DS37.5.A2 V76 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vrolijk, Arnoud.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Portraits--Netherlands--Leiden--Exhibitions.
- Portraits.
- Arabic language--Study and teaching (Higher).
- History.
- Arabists.
- Netherlands--Biography--Portraits--Exhibitions.
- Netherlands.
- Arabists--Netherlands--Biography--Exhibitions.
- Arabists--Portraits--Exhibitions.
- Arabic language--Study and teaching (Higher)--Netherlands--History--Exhibitions.
- Arabic language.
- Netherlands--Leiden.
- Genre:
- Biographie 1580-1950.
- Portraits.
- Biographies.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 183 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
- Other Title:
- Netherlands : a short history in portraits, 1580-1950
- Place of Publication:
- Leidon, The Netherlands ; Boston [Mass.] : Brill, 2014.
- 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."-- Publisher's website: http://www.brill.com/products/book/arabic-studies-netherlands
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-179) and index.
- Local Notes:
- "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Voortreffelijk 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].
- ISBN:
- 9789004264861
- 9004264868
- OCLC:
- 878614339
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