Johann Ernst Gerhard (1621-1668) : : the life and work of a seventeenth-century Orientalist / / Asaph Ben-Tov.

In this biography of Johann Ernst Gerhard (1621-1668) Asaph Ben-Tov offers a study of a now forgotten yet unusually well documented seventeenth-century orientalist. Gerhard, the son of the famous Lutheran theologian Johann Gerhard, is not a towering figure but rather a fascinating representative of...

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Superior document:The History of Oriental Studies ; 11
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:The History of Oriental Studies ; 11.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Asaph Ben-Tov
  • Copyright page / Asaph Ben-Tov
  • Dedication / Asaph Ben-Tov
  • Acknowledgements / Asaph Ben-Tov
  • Figures / Asaph Ben-Tov
  • Introduction A Biography of a Seventeenth-Century Orientalist: Its Sources and Significance for Understanding Oriental Studies in Early Modern Germany / Asaph Ben-Tov
  • Chapter 1 The Making of a Seventeenth-Century Orientalist / Asaph Ben-Tov
  • Chapter 2 Early Endeavours / Asaph Ben-Tov
  • Chapter 3 Harmonia Linguarum Orientalium / Asaph Ben-Tov
  • Chapter 4 Travels in the Republic of Letters / Asaph Ben-Tov
  • Chapter 5 Professor of History (1652-1655) / Asaph Ben-Tov
  • Chapter 6 Umbra in luce : A Fragmented World History of Religion / Asaph Ben-Tov
  • A Hieroglyphic Farewell / Asaph Ben-Tov
  • A Selection of Letters to Gerhard from Hiob Ludolf and Johann Zechendorff in the Gerhardina Collection / Asaph Ben-Tov
  • Bibliography / Asaph Ben-Tov
  • Index / Asaph Ben-Tov.