Re: learning Arabic in the 17th century

In sci.lang Raymond Roy <belamiNoSpam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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: Le Fri, 02 Jul 2004 11:44:04 GMT, "Peter T. Daniels"
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> écrivit :

:>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.

: It is only after sending my message that I thought of 'asking'
: Versteegh, but I did not find 'Galland' nor 'Thousand and One Nights' in


read the first chapter!

: the index. I forgot to go through the references though. There is indeed
: a 'Die arabischen Studien in Europa bis in den Anfang des 20.
: Jahrhunderts' by Fück, published in 1955 in Leipzig, former DDR.