Eastern Wisedome and Learning The Study of Arabic in Seventeenth-Century England

Name: Eastern Wisedome and Learning The Study of Arabic in Seventeenth-Century England
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ISBN: 9780198202912

ISBN-10: 0198202911

ISBN-13: 9780198202912

Edition: 1996

Authors: G. J. Toomer

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This book narrates the extraordinary growth in the study of Arabic in England from the late sixteenth century, when it was almost non-existent, to the end of the seventeenth. By its high point around 1666, England was pre-eminent among European countries in the study of Arabic. Permanent Chairs of Arabic had been established at Oxford and Cambridge, and specialized presses in Oxford and London had produced Arabic works. The Professor at Oxford, Edward Pococke, was recognized as the foremost scholar in the field in Europe, and a great collection of Arabic manuscripts, begun by Archbishop Laud, was being built up at Oxford. In this masterly and original study, Professor Toomer gives the first…

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List price: $370.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/23/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 394
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



The Medieval Background



The Study of Arabic in Europe During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries



The Earliest Period of Arabic Studies in England



Laud and Arabic at Oxford



The Early Career of Pococke



Greaves and Pococke in the East



Arabic Studies During the English Revolution



Arabic Learning After the Restoration



The Decline of Arabic Studies in England



Epilogue


Index