TY - BOOK ID - 86130003 TI - Johann Ernst Gerhard (1621-1668) PY - 2021 SN - 9789004466463 9789004466449 PB - Leiden;Boston BRILL DB - UniCat KW - Asianists KW - Middle Eastern philology KW - Oriental philology KW - Orientalism KW - East and West KW - Philology, Oriental KW - Near Eastern philology KW - Asia scholars KW - Asian studies specialists KW - Orientalists KW - Area specialists KW - Middle East specialists KW - Study and teaching KW - History KW - Gerhard, Johann Ernst, KW - Gerhardus, Johannes Ernestus, KW - Asia KW - Middle East KW - Asia, South West KW - Asia, Southwest KW - Asia, West KW - Asia, Western KW - East (Middle East) KW - Eastern Mediterranean KW - Fertile Crescent KW - Levant KW - Mediterranean Region, Eastern KW - Mideast KW - Near East KW - Northern Tier (Middle East) KW - South West Asia KW - Southwest Asia KW - West Asia KW - Western Asia KW - Orient KW - Asian and Pacific Council countries KW - Eastern Hemisphere KW - Eurasia KW - Gerhard, Johann Ernst KW - Philologie moyen-orientale KW - Philologie orientale KW - Orientalisme KW - Étude et enseignement KW - Étude et enseignement UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86130003 AB - "In this biography of Johann Ernst Gerhard (1621-1668) Asaph Ben-Tov offers a study of a now forgotten yet unusually well documented seventeenth-century orientalist. Gerhard, the son of the famous Lutheran theologian Johann Gerhard, is not a towering figure but rather a fascinating representative of the academic culture of his day, especially of seventeenth-century Oriental studies. His extant Nachlassallows a close scrutiny of the life and work of an early modern scholar, focussing on his training, travels, the ambitious Harmonia linguarum Orientalium (1647) and other works, and the interests he fostered as a professor of history and theology in Jena. It aims to shed light on the broad and understudied field of Oriental studies in seventeenth century Germany" ER -