Arabic studies in the Netherlands : : a short history in portraits, 1580-1950 / / Arnoud Vrolijk, Richard van Leeuwen.
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 Class...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston, MA : : Brill,, 2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Early History
- The Founders
- From the Enlightenment to Romanticism
- The Nineteenth Century
- The Modern Period
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index.