The Orient in Utrecht: Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion /

The Orient in Utrecht: Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion /

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 h...

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Other Authors: Jaski, Bart (Editor), Pytlowany, Anna (Editor), Lange, Christian (Editor), Rinsum, Henk J. van (Editor)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2021.

Series: The History of Oriental Studies ; 10.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441286.

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Cartographers > Netherlands > Biography.
Middle East specialists > Netherlands > Biography.

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Call Number: DS115.9.R46

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Copyright page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Figures
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction Adriaan Reland (1676-1718): Early Modern Humanist, Philologist and Scholar of Comparative Religion /
  • Bart Jaski , Christian Lange , Anna Pytlowany , and Henk J. van Rinsum
  • Chapter 1 Adriaan Reland (1676-1718) and His Formative Years /
  • Henk J. van Rinsum
  • Chapter 2 Adriaan Reland's Legacy as a Scholar of Islam /
  • Lot Brouwer
  • Chapter 3 Follow the Light: Adriaan Reland (1676-1718) on Muhammad /
  • Christian Lange
  • Chapter 4 Adriaan Reland and Dutch Scholarship on Islam /
  • Richard van Leeuwen
  • Chapter 5 The First Dutch Translation of Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān , Reland's Annotated Version and the Mysterious Translator S.D.B. /
  • Remke Kruk and Arnoud Vrolijk
  • Chapter 6 Adriaan Reland's Fascination with the Languages of the World /
  • Toon van Hal
  • Chapter 7 Digging without Dirt: Adriaan Reland's Explorations of the Holy Land /
  • Ulrich Groetsch
  • Chapter 8 'Geleerdster der Landbeschryveren'? Adriaan Reland Mapping Persia and Japan, 1705-1715 /
  • Tobias Winnerling
  • Chapter 9 Adriaan Reland, Galatea : An Introduction /
  • Dirk Sacré
  • Chapter 10 Adriaan Reland: A Life in Fragments /
  • Anna Pytlowany
  • Chapter 11 The Manuscript Collection of Adriaan Reland in the University Library of Utrecht and Beyond /
  • Bart Jaski
  • Chapter 12 The Adriaan Reland Collection at Leiden University Library /
  • Arnoud Vrolijk
  • Chapter 13 Adriaan Reland on Islamic Gems and Seals /
  • Jan Just Witkam
  • Appendix 1 The Works of Adriaan Reland /
  • Henk J. van Rinsum
  • Appendix 2 The Manuscript Collection of Adriaan Reland /
  • Bart Jaski
  • Appendix 3 The Letters of Adriaan Reland /
  • Tobias Winnerling
  • Appendix 4 Relandus- Elegies for Galatea, no. 2
  • Appendix 5 Heinrich Sike's 1696 Congratulatory Poem for Adriaan Reland
  • Appendix 6 The Maps of Adriaan Reland /
  • Tobias Winnerling
  • Index of Names.