The Orient in Utrecht: Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion / edited by Bart Jaski, Christian Lange, Anna Pytlowany, Henk J. van Rinsum.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- 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 -- Chapter 1 Adriaan Reland (1676-1718) and His Formative Years / Henk J. van Rinsum -- Chapter 2 Adriaan Reland's Legacy as a Scholar of Islam / Lot Brouwer -- Chapter 3 Follow the Light: Adriaan Reland (1676-1718) on Muhammad / Christian Lange -- Chapter 4 Adriaan Reland and Dutch Scholarship on Islam / Richard van Leeuwen -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 6 Adriaan Reland's Fascination with the Languages of the World / Toon van Hal -- Chapter 7 Digging without Dirt: Adriaan Reland's Explorations of the Holy Land / Ulrich Groetsch -- Chapter 8 'Geleerdster der Landbeschryveren'? Adriaan Reland Mapping Persia and Japan, 1705-1715 / Tobias Winnerling -- Chapter 9 Adriaan Reland, Galatea : An Introduction / Dirk Sacré -- Chapter 10 Adriaan Reland: A Life in Fragments / Anna Pytlowany -- Chapter 11 The Manuscript Collection of Adriaan Reland in the University Library of Utrecht and Beyond / Bart Jaski -- Chapter 12 The Adriaan Reland Collection at Leiden University Library / Arnoud Vrolijk -- Chapter 13 Adriaan Reland on Islamic Gems and Seals / Jan Just Witkam -- Appendix 1 The Works of Adriaan Reland / Henk J. van Rinsum -- Appendix 2 The Manuscript Collection of Adriaan Reland / Bart Jaski -- Appendix 3 The Letters of Adriaan Reland / Tobias Winnerling -- Appendix 4 Relandus- Elegies for Galatea, no. 2 -- Appendix 5 Heinrich Sike's 1696 Congratulatory Poem for Adriaan Reland -- Appendix 6 The Maps of Adriaan Reland / Tobias Winnerling -- Index of Names.

Adriaan 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.

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