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31: 39: 451: 179:, to settle in that country; and after a second journey he was successful in inducing Rivet to comply with their request. Some time after the return of Erpenius, the states appointed him their interpreter; and in this capacity he had the duty imposed upon him of translating and replying to the different letters of the Moslem princes of Asia and Africa. 155:
languages. After a long absence, Erpenius returned to his own country in 1612, and in February 1613 he was appointed professor of Arabic and other Oriental languages, Hebrew excepted, in the University of Leiden. Soon after his settlement at Leiden, animated by the example of
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translation and notes, and was projecting an Oriental library, when he died prematurely on the 13 November 1624 in Leiden. His library of oriental books, papers and manuscripts, including six undated
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made him the most flattering offers; but he constantly refused to leave his native country. He was preparing an edition of the
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His reputation had now spread throughout all Europe, and several princes, the kings of England and Spain, and the
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The Oldest Known Malay Manuscript : a 16th Century Malay Translation of the Aqa'id of Al-Nasafi
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An Egyptian Traveller in the Republic of Letters: Josephus Barbatus or Abudacnus the Copt
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Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, Vol. 57. (1994), pp. 123-150.
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In 1619 the curators of the university of Leiden instituted a second chair of
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84:, and in 1608 took the degree of master of arts. On the advice of 109: 97: 66: 164: 140: 101: 77: 276:, Hebrew Bible Monographs, 10; Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2006; 191: 187: 121: 105: 69:. He was the first European to publish an accurate book of 314: 221:(1748), published originally in 1613 and often reprinted; 333: 331: 329: 256: 254: 116:, which lasted during his life, and also took lessons in 57:(September 11, 1584 – November 13, 1624), 326: 251: 506: 167:in his favour. In 1620 he was sent by the 431:Historia Saracenica, Arabice & Latine 239:Historia Saracenica, Arabice & Latine 461: 337: 320: 260: 76:After completing his early education at 37: 29: 287: 200:George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham 14: 507: 274:Orientalism, Assyriology and the Bible 217:Among his works may be mentioned his 300: 210:in 1632 by the University Librarian 540:Academic staff of Leiden University 308:Europe through Arab eyes, 1578-1727 24: 143:he perfected his knowledge of the 25: 561: 480: 491:Post-Reformation Digital Library 449: 349:Syed Muhammad Naquib al- Attas, 136:who was in France on a mission. 422: 406: 530:Linguists from the Netherlands 390: 378:. Cambridge University Library 368: 343: 266: 206:and eventually transferred to 198:manuscripts, was purchased by 27:17th-century Dutch orientalist 13: 1: 500:Mathematics Genealogy Project 244: 96:. He afterwards travelled in 376:"History of the Collections" 208:Cambridge University Library 92:whilst taking his course of 7: 241:(History of the Saracens). 231:Grammatica Chaldaea ac Syra 227:Grammatica Ebraea generalis 10: 566: 415:Rudimenta Linguae Arabicae 233:(1628); and an edition of 223:Rudimenta linguae Arabicae 550:17th-century Dutch people 272:Steven W. Holloway, ed., 134:Aḥmad ibn Qāsim Al-Ḥajarī 61:Orientalist, was born at 535:Leiden University alumni 487:Works by Thomas van Erpe 472:Encyclopædia Britannica 82:university of that city 310:by Nabil I. Matar p.75 47: 35: 545:People from Gorinchem 184:archbishop of Seville 41: 33: 204:Cambridge University 323:, pp. 753–754. 293:Alastair Hamilton, 525:Dutch orientalists 399:Grammatica arabica 219:Grammatica Arabica 90:Oriental languages 48: 44:Grammatica Arabica 36: 282:978-1-905048-37-3 212:Abraham Wheelocke 169:States of Holland 80:, he entered the 16:(Redirected from 557: 476: 467:Erpenius, Thomas 455: 453: 452: 436: 435: 426: 420: 419: 410: 404: 403: 394: 388: 387: 385: 383: 372: 366: 347: 341: 335: 324: 318: 312: 304: 298: 291: 285: 270: 264: 258: 158:Savary de Brèves 53:, also known as 21: 18:Thomas Van Erpen 565: 564: 560: 559: 558: 556: 555: 554: 505: 504: 496:Thomas van Erpe 483: 465:, ed. (1911). " 450: 448: 440: 439: 428: 427: 423: 412: 411: 407: 396: 395: 391: 381: 379: 374: 373: 369: 348: 344: 336: 327: 319: 315: 305: 301: 292: 288: 271: 267: 259: 252: 247: 173:Pierre Dumoulin 126:Joseph Barbatus 55:Thomas Erpenius 51:Thomas van Erpe 34:Thomas Erpenius 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 563: 553: 552: 547: 542: 537: 532: 527: 522: 517: 503: 502: 493: 482: 481:External links 479: 478: 477: 463:Chisholm, Hugh 438: 437: 421: 405: 389: 367: 342: 340:, p. 754. 325: 313: 299: 286: 265: 263:, p. 753. 249: 248: 246: 243: 235:George Elmacin 71:Arabic grammar 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 562: 551: 548: 546: 543: 541: 538: 536: 533: 531: 528: 526: 523: 521: 518: 516: 513: 512: 510: 501: 497: 494: 492: 488: 485: 484: 474: 473: 468: 464: 459: 458:public domain 447: 446: 445: 444: 433: 432: 425: 417: 416: 409: 401: 400: 393: 377: 371: 364: 360: 359:967-9940-25-X 356: 352: 346: 339: 338:Chisholm 1911 334: 332: 330: 322: 321:Chisholm 1911 317: 311: 309: 303: 296: 290: 283: 279: 275: 269: 262: 261:Chisholm 1911 257: 255: 250: 242: 240: 236: 232: 228: 224: 220: 215: 213: 209: 205: 202:on behalf of 201: 197: 193: 189: 185: 180: 178: 174: 170: 166: 161: 159: 154: 150: 146: 142: 137: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 74: 72: 68: 64: 60: 56: 52: 45: 40: 32: 19: 470: 443:Attribution: 442: 441: 430: 424: 414: 408: 398: 392: 380:. Retrieved 370: 350: 345: 316: 307: 302: 289: 273: 268: 238: 230: 226: 222: 218: 216: 181: 162: 138: 75: 54: 50: 49: 43: 520:1624 deaths 515:1584 births 177:André Rivet 88:he studied 509:Categories 245:References 171:to induce 130:Andalusian 42:Erpenius, 63:Gorinchem 229:(1621); 225:(1620); 153:Ethiopic 122:Egyptian 120:from an 114:Casaubon 94:theology 86:Scaliger 498:at the 460::  382:25 July 190:with a 145:Turkish 132:origin 110:Germany 98:England 67:Holland 46:, 1617. 454:  361:; pp. 357:  280:  188:Qur'an 165:Hebrew 149:Persic 141:Venice 118:Arabic 102:France 78:Leiden 196:Malay 192:Latin 175:, or 106:Italy 65:, in 59:Dutch 384:2016 355:ISBN 278:ISBN 151:and 108:and 489:at 469:". 363:2–3 237:'s 139:At 511:: 328:^ 253:^ 214:. 147:, 124:, 104:, 100:, 73:. 434:. 418:. 402:. 386:. 365:. 20:)

Index

Thomas Van Erpen


Dutch
Gorinchem
Holland
Arabic grammar
Leiden
university of that city
Scaliger
Oriental languages
theology
England
France
Italy
Germany
Casaubon
Arabic
Egyptian
Joseph Barbatus
Andalusian
Aḥmad ibn Qāsim Al-Ḥajarī
Venice
Turkish
Persic
Ethiopic
Savary de Brèves
Hebrew
States of Holland
Pierre Dumoulin

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