Johann Heinrich Hottinger : Arabic and Islamic studies in the seventeenth century

Johann Heinrich Hottinger : Arabic and Islamic studies in the seventeenth century / Jan Loop.

The Reformed Church historian and orientalist Johann Heinrich Hottinger (1620-1667) is a key figure in the history of Arabic and Islamic studies in early modern Europe. His life and his work have been almost completely neglected and there has never been a full-length study on Hottinger. This book pr...

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Main Author: Loop, Jan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford-Warburg studies.
Subjects:
Hottinger, Johann Heinrich, > 1620-1667.
Hottinger, Johann Heinrich, > 1620-1667
Islamic civilization.
Civilization, Arab.
HISTORY > World.
Civilization, Arab
Islamic civilization
History.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Johann Heinrich Hottinger: Arabic and Islamic Studies in the Seventeenth Century; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Plates; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; LEXICA; EDITIONS; WORKS BY HOTTINGER; LIBRARIES; Introduction; 1.Ioh. Henricus Hottingerus Tigurinus; THE LEIDEN YEARS WITH JACOBUS GOLIUS (1640-1641); THE FIRST YEARS IN ZURICH (1641-1655); The Schola Tigurinorum Carolina and its significance for Hottinger; Theodor Bibliander; The nature of Antichrist; THE HEIDELBERG YEARS (1655-1661); 'O FATA ACERBA ET ATROCIA'145 (1661-1667)
  • 2.Arabic and Islamic Studies in Zurich and HeidelbergISLAMIC STUDIES IN ZURICH1; Excursus: Equipping the Reformed world with Arabic printing presses; A STUDENT MANUAL FOR THE HISTORYOF THE ISLAMIC WORLD; THE TEACHING OF ORIENTAL PHILOLOGY; Grammatica Orientalis; Thesaurus Philologicus; HOTTINGER AND THE HISTORY OF COMPARATIVE SEMITIC PHILOLOGY; SOAP AGAINST THE SMUT OF BARBARISM: SMEGMA ORIENTALE; LEXICON HARMONICUM; Excursus: Hottinger and Hiob Ludolf; 3.Defenders of the Truth; ORIENTAL PHILOLOGY AND CONFESSIONAL POLEMICS; THE CASE OF EUTYCHIUS; ARABIC AND THE HISTORY OF THE HEBREW SCRIPT
  • HOTTINGER AND LOUIS CAPPELEXERCITATIONES ANTI-MORINIANAE; A KUFIC KORAN AND THE VOWEL POINT CONTROVERSY; 4.Mapping the Literary History of the Orient; EARLY MODERN ATTEMPTS TO CATALOGUE ORIENTAL LITERATURE; THE PROMTUARIUM SIVE BIBLIOTHECA ORIENTALIS; COLLECTING ARABIC MANUSC; Islamic sources; Christian, Samaritan, Jewish, and Sabian sources; MANUSCRIPT CULTURE; TROUBLES WITH THE KORAN; Amad ibn `Alī; Clandestine inter-library loans; CLASSIFYING ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS; CATALOGUING THE ORIENT; BIBLIOTHECA ARABICA; ENCYCLOPEDIA ORIENTALIS; 5.Islam and the History of the Church
  • WRITING CHURCH HISTORYHISTORIA ECCLESIASTICA NOVI TESTAMENTI (1651-1655); De Muhammedismo; Ecclesia Orientalis; HISTORIA ECCLESIASTICA NOVI TESTAMENTI (1665-1667); HISTORIA ORIENTALIS; The life and teaching of Muhammad; The Koran and the religious history of the East; The Koran and pre-Islamic idolatry; The Koran and early Christianity; The Koran and the history of Socinianism; Epilogue; Bibliography; HOTTINGER'S WORKS REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT; PRIMARY LITERATURE; SECONDARY LITERATURE; MANUSCRIPTS; Berne, Burgerbibliothek; Geneva, University Library; Göttingen, Universtitätsbibliothek
  • Groningen, University LibraryHamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek; Kassel, Universitätsbibliothek, Landes- und Murhardsche Bibliothek der Stadt Kassel; Leiden, University Library; London, British Library (BL); London, Lincoln ́s Inn Library; London, National Archive in Kew, Richmond; München, Bayrische Staatsbibliothek; Oxford, Bodleian Library; Rostock, Universitätsbibliothek; St. Gallen, Vadiana Library (VadSlg); Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek; Zurich, Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich (StAZH); Zurich, Zentralbibliothek (ZBZ); Correspondence with Bodmer

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