SENNERT, Andreas.

by Andreas Sennert

£5,750 · Offered by Sokol Books

A most interesting copy of the first edition of this famous Arabic grammar printed in Wittenberg with extensive annotations from a learned scholar c.1680-90. Western annotations in Arabic at this date are most uncommon. Son of the physician Daniel Sennert, Andreas (1606-89) was a pupil of the renowned Arabist Johannes Golius, and professor of Oriental Languages and librarian at Wittenberg from 1640 until his death. [He] had a significant impact in shaping the further course of studies in Hebrew and Oriental languages [...]. He had a special interest in Arabic [...] not only as an additional philological tool for interpreting the Old Testament but also because of its importance as a still living language and a means for direct access to the scientific writings of the Arabs (Miletto, p.17). Arabismus is an Arabic grammar explained comparatively. It includes chapters on the Arabic script, verbs, nouns, adjectives, and numbers, and is followed by an Arabic-Latin dictionary, based on Germanus Fabrica Linguae Arabicae (1639) and al-Firuzabadi's C14 Qamus . The copious annotations, produced by a knowledgeable scholar c.1680-90, are a treasure trove on early Arabic studies. The closest appears to be the hand of Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), the famous Dutch orientalist, professor at Utrecht. Among the (Protestant) sources mentioned by the annotator are Edward Pococke s Oratio in Carmen Tograi (1661), Wasmuth s (1654) and Erpenius grammars, Cappel s Arcanum punctuationis (1624), but als

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