Re: learning Arabic in the 17th century

In sci.lang Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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: Raymond Roy wrote:

:> In other words, does a 'History of the teaching/learning of the Arabic
:> language in the West (Europe)' exist?

: The best-known author on this topic is Fück (he has a contribution in
: the Handbuch der Orientalistik, vol. 3, Semitistik (1953)), but it has
: certainly been widely discussed. There must be references in Versteegh,
: The Arabic Language.

chapter I, "the Development of the Study of the Arabic Language".

during medieval times european scholars went to Muslim Spain to study 
arabic and various other subjects.

for later, the article adds for andalusian arabic the dictionary, grammar 
and phrase book (for church purposes) of Pedro de Alcala, Vocabulista 
aravigo en letra castellana (1505).

after that, christian arabs, particularly Maronites, were a source of 
contact of Europe with arabic, arab culture and information about islam.