Language:
English
Year of publication:
2015
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Semitic Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
60,2 (2015) 443-480
Keywords:
Goldziher, Ignac,
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Books Purchasing
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History
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Academic libraries History
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Middle East Study and teaching
Abstract:
This paper contains the English translation of Ignác Goldziher's Hungarian essay "Report on the Books Brought from the Orient for the Hungarian Academy of Sciences with Regard to the Conditions of the Printing Press in the Orient" (1874). The introduction provides the historical and scholarly context of the article. The Arabic printed books Goldziher bought in Egypt reflect his understanding of a specialized Arabic Studies library in the 1870s. The general argument is that Goldziher connected the Arab nation and Arabic texts based on the Hungarian and German concepts of liberal nationalism. This connection instrumentalized religious texts for a non-religious goal.
Note:
Pp. 11-38: "Report on the Books Brought from the Orient for the Hungarian Academy of Sciences with Regard to the Conditions of the Printing Press in the Orient".
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