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Hiob Ludolf (1624-1704) and Johann Michael Wansleben (1635-1679), the master and his erstwhile student could not be more different. Ludolf was a celebrated member of the Republic of Letters and the towering authority on Ethiopian studies. Wansleben, himself a brilliant scholar and, unlike Ludolf, a seasoned traveller in the Middle East, converted to Catholicism and eventually died impoverished and marginalized. Both stood at the centre of the burgeoning study of Ethiopia and spent a formative part of their career in middle sized Duchy of Saxe-Gotha which for several years played a pivotal role in Ethiopian-European encounters. This volume offers in-depth studies of the remarkable life and work of these two scholars in a broader intellectual, political, and confessional context.

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Contents Acknowledgments List of Figures 1 Scholarship and the Quest for Ethiopia in the Seventeenth Century Hiob Ludolf and Johann Michael Wansleben  Jan Loop and Asaph Ben-Tov Part 1: Hiob Ludolf: at the Gotha Court and in the Republic of Letters 2 Der Kosmopolit Hiob Ludolf im Lichte seines Stammbuches und des Reysebüchleins  Martin Mulsow 3 Hiob Ludolf als Amtsträger der Herzöge von Sachsen-Gotha  Holger Kürbis 4 Hiob Ludolf und die globalen Ambitionen im Herzogtum Sachsen-Gotha des 17. Jahrhunderts  Alexander Schunka 5 The Reluctant Alchemist Hiob Ludolf (1624–1704) as Chymical Intelligencer and the Curious Elias Ashmole (1617–1692)  Vera Keller Part 2: Johann Michael Wansleben: Oriental Studies and Republicanism 6 Wansleben the Archaeologist  Alastair Hamilton 7 Wansleben Reads Harrington Wansleben, the Harrington Manuscript, and English Republicanism  Gaby Mahlberg 8 Wansleben’s Interests in International Politics  Thérèse-Marie Jallais Part 3: Ethiopia and Lutheran Germany 9 Ludolf und seine äthiopischen Lehrer in Europa Der Gelehrte Abba Gorgoryos als Mitbegründer der Äthiopistik als wissenschaftliche Ethnographie  Wolbert G.C. Smidt 10 Peter Heyling als Äthiopienforscher  Jürgen J. Tubach Part 4: Ludolf and Biblical Studies 11 Hiob Ludolf and Biblical Evidences  Scott Mandelbrote 12 Quail or Locust? What the Israelites Ate in the Desert  Ulrich Groetsch 13 An Appendix to Coffee in the Bible Hiob Ludolf, Melchior Leydecker, and the Biblical Delicacy קלי (kali)  Benjamin Wallura Part 5: Ludolf on the History of Languages and Writing 14 Hiob Ludolf, the Qurʾan, and the History of Writing  Jan Loop 15 Ludolf’s Language Laws Pitfalls in Describing and Comparing the World’s Languages  Toon Van Hal 16 Kommen die Zigeuner aus Nubien? Hiob Ludolf zu einer Herkunftshypothese über die Sprache der Roma  Martin Mulsow Part 6: Ludolf and Natural History 17 Einhörner und Geranomachien Ludolfs Wirkung auf die phantastische Zoologie seiner Zeit  Bernd Roling 18 Hiob Ludolf Observing Locusts  Asaph Ben-Tov Part 7: Ludolf on Chronology and the History of the Holy Roman Empire 19 Die Zeitrechnung der Samaritaner Ein Austausch zwischen Hiob Ludolf, Wilhelm Ernst Tentzel und Christoph Cellarius  Martin Mulsow 20 Hiob Ludolf als Präsident des Collegium Historicum Imperiale  Jacob Schilling 21 ‚… durch eine gewiße veranlaßung übernommen, historiam hujus seculi zu elaboriren …‘ Ludolf und die Allgemeine Schau-Bühne der Welt  Markus Meumann Part 8: A Portrait of the Scholar 22 Die zeitgenössischen Portraits von Hiob Ludolf  Stefan Weninger Index

Hiob Ludolf and Johann Michael Wansleben: Oriental Studies, Politics, and History between Gotha and Africa, 1650-1700

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      Publication Date: 13/12/2023
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      Book Synopsis
      Hiob Ludolf (1624-1704) and Johann Michael Wansleben (1635-1679), the master and his erstwhile student could not be more different. Ludolf was a celebrated member of the Republic of Letters and the towering authority on Ethiopian studies. Wansleben, himself a brilliant scholar and, unlike Ludolf, a seasoned traveller in the Middle East, converted to Catholicism and eventually died impoverished and marginalized. Both stood at the centre of the burgeoning study of Ethiopia and spent a formative part of their career in middle sized Duchy of Saxe-Gotha which for several years played a pivotal role in Ethiopian-European encounters. This volume offers in-depth studies of the remarkable life and work of these two scholars in a broader intellectual, political, and confessional context.

      Table of Contents
      Contents Acknowledgments List of Figures 1 Scholarship and the Quest for Ethiopia in the Seventeenth Century Hiob Ludolf and Johann Michael Wansleben  Jan Loop and Asaph Ben-Tov Part 1: Hiob Ludolf: at the Gotha Court and in the Republic of Letters 2 Der Kosmopolit Hiob Ludolf im Lichte seines Stammbuches und des Reysebüchleins  Martin Mulsow 3 Hiob Ludolf als Amtsträger der Herzöge von Sachsen-Gotha  Holger Kürbis 4 Hiob Ludolf und die globalen Ambitionen im Herzogtum Sachsen-Gotha des 17. Jahrhunderts  Alexander Schunka 5 The Reluctant Alchemist Hiob Ludolf (1624–1704) as Chymical Intelligencer and the Curious Elias Ashmole (1617–1692)  Vera Keller Part 2: Johann Michael Wansleben: Oriental Studies and Republicanism 6 Wansleben the Archaeologist  Alastair Hamilton 7 Wansleben Reads Harrington Wansleben, the Harrington Manuscript, and English Republicanism  Gaby Mahlberg 8 Wansleben’s Interests in International Politics  Thérèse-Marie Jallais Part 3: Ethiopia and Lutheran Germany 9 Ludolf und seine äthiopischen Lehrer in Europa Der Gelehrte Abba Gorgoryos als Mitbegründer der Äthiopistik als wissenschaftliche Ethnographie  Wolbert G.C. Smidt 10 Peter Heyling als Äthiopienforscher  Jürgen J. Tubach Part 4: Ludolf and Biblical Studies 11 Hiob Ludolf and Biblical Evidences  Scott Mandelbrote 12 Quail or Locust? What the Israelites Ate in the Desert  Ulrich Groetsch 13 An Appendix to Coffee in the Bible Hiob Ludolf, Melchior Leydecker, and the Biblical Delicacy קלי (kali)  Benjamin Wallura Part 5: Ludolf on the History of Languages and Writing 14 Hiob Ludolf, the Qurʾan, and the History of Writing  Jan Loop 15 Ludolf’s Language Laws Pitfalls in Describing and Comparing the World’s Languages  Toon Van Hal 16 Kommen die Zigeuner aus Nubien? Hiob Ludolf zu einer Herkunftshypothese über die Sprache der Roma  Martin Mulsow Part 6: Ludolf and Natural History 17 Einhörner und Geranomachien Ludolfs Wirkung auf die phantastische Zoologie seiner Zeit  Bernd Roling 18 Hiob Ludolf Observing Locusts  Asaph Ben-Tov Part 7: Ludolf on Chronology and the History of the Holy Roman Empire 19 Die Zeitrechnung der Samaritaner Ein Austausch zwischen Hiob Ludolf, Wilhelm Ernst Tentzel und Christoph Cellarius  Martin Mulsow 20 Hiob Ludolf als Präsident des Collegium Historicum Imperiale  Jacob Schilling 21 ‚… durch eine gewiße veranlaßung übernommen, historiam hujus seculi zu elaboriren …‘ Ludolf und die Allgemeine Schau-Bühne der Welt  Markus Meumann Part 8: A Portrait of the Scholar 22 Die zeitgenössischen Portraits von Hiob Ludolf  Stefan Weninger Index

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