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Eastern Wisedome and Learning: The Study of Arabic in Seventeenth-Century England ReviewToomer has written a fascinating account of the start of Arabic studies in England, including a good overview of the state of Arabic studies throughout Europe until the end of the seventeenth century. English studies are traced through from their individualist start, through a mainstream, largely driven by bishops Ussher (he who computed the 4004 BC creation date, one of the most brilliant scholars of his day) and Laud (Chancellor of Oxford University), through Pococke's career to Arabic studies' decline as the eighteenth century approached.
Sadly the book has no illustrations: samples of the early Arabic founts discussed in the book and portraits of any of the men discussed would have added something (and at the exorbitant price ought to have been included). But do get your library to buy a copy!Eastern Wisedome and Learning: The Study of Arabic in Seventeenth-Century England OverviewThis book narrates the extraordinary growth in the study of Arabic in England from the late sixteenth century, when it was almost non-existent, to the end of the seventeenth. In this masterly and original study, Professor Toomer gives the first detailed account of this growth, set against the religious and political background in England and Europe. He shows how trade with the Ottoman Empire and mistrust of Islam influenced the study of Arabic. Finally, he traces the course and causes of the drastic decline in Arabic studies towards the end of the century.

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