{"product_id":"the-orient-in-utrecht-adriaan-reland-1676-1718-arabist-cartographer-antiquarian-and-scholar-of-comparative-religion-9789004462168","title":"The Orient in Utrecht: Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdriaan 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 he never travelled beyond the borders of his home country, he had an astonishingly broad worldview. The contributions in this volume illuminate Reland’s many accomplishments and follow his scholarly trajectory as an Orientalist, a linguist, a cartographer, a poet, and a historian of comparative religions. Reland, although a devout Protestant, believed that religions should be examined objectively on their own terms with the help of reliable and authentic documents, which would dispel the prejudices of the past.  Contributors: Lot Brouwer, Ulrich Groetsch,Toon van Hal, Jason Harris, Bart Jaski, Christian Lange, Richard van Leeuwen, Remke Kruk, Anna Pytlowany, Henk J. van Rinsum, Dirk Sacré, Arnoud Vrolijk, Tobias Winnerling and Jan Just Witkam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  List of 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    part 1: Reland in His Time  1 Adriaan Reland (1676–1718) and His Formative Years    A Prelude to De Religione Mohammedica   Henk J. van Rinsum    2 Adriaan Reland’s Legacy as a Scholar of Islam   Lot Brouwer    3 Follow the Light: Adriaan Reland (1676–1718) on Muhammad   Christian Lange    4 Adriaan Reland and Dutch Scholarship on Islam    Scholarly and Religious Visions of the Muslim Pilgrimage   Richard van Leeuwen    part 2: Reland and the World  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    6 Adriaan Reland’s Fascination with the Languages of the World   Toon van Hal    7 Digging without Dirt: Adriaan Reland’s Explorations of the Holy Land   Ulrich Groetsch    8 ‘Geleerdster der Landbeschryveren’? Adriaan Reland Mapping Persia and Japan, 1705–1715   Tobias Winnerling    9 Adriaan Reland, Galatea: An Introduction   Dirk Sacré    10 Adriaan Reland: A Life in Fragments   Anna Pytlowany    Part 3: Collections, Manuscripts, and Seals  11 The Manuscript Collection of Adriaan Reland in the University Library of Utrecht and Beyond   Bart Jaski    12 The Adriaan Reland Collection at Leiden University Library    Antoine Galland Autographs, Oriental Manuscripts and the Enigmas of the 1761 Auction Catalogue   Arnoud Vrolijk    13 Adriaan Reland on Islamic Gems and Seals    An Annotated Translation of the Latin Text   Jan Just Witkam    Appendix 1: The Works of Adriaan Reland   Compiled by Henk J. van Rinsum    Appendix 2: The Manuscripts of Adriaan Reland   Compiled by Bart Jaski    Appendix 3: The Letters of Adriaan Reland   Compiled by Tobias Winnerling    Appendix 4: Relandus—Elegies for Galatea, no. 2   Translated from the Latin by Jason Harris    Appendix 5: Heinrich Sike’s 1696 Congratulatory Poem for Adriaan Reland   Translated from the Arabic by Christian Lange    Appendix 6: The Maps of Adriaan Reland   Compiled by Tobias Winnerling    Index of Names","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210821853527,"sku":"9789004462168","price":128.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-orient-in-utrecht-adriaan-reland-1676-1718-arabist-cartographer-antiquarian-and-scholar-of-comparative-religion-9789004462168","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}