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The Lives Of Dr. Edward Pocock, The Celebrated Orientalist (Volume I)

The Lives Of Dr. Edward Pocock, The Celebrated Orientalist (Volume I)

Twells, Leonard

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Adventurers & ExplorersGenealogy & HeraldryBritish History

ISBN10: 9354442978
ISBN13: 9789354442971
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 26 2021
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.44
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
One scholar quietly reshaped Europe. Edward Pocock, the first great English Orientalist, stands at the crossroads of theology, language, and empire. In this deeply researched edward pocock biography, Leonard Twells offers a historical biography of orientalist and divine whose learning linked seventeenth century England with the Arabic and Syriac worlds, portraying a life steeped in piety, patience, and exacting scholarship. Drawing on manuscripts, letters, and institutional memory, Twells traces Pocock's rise within early modern Oxford University and the Church of England, from parish livings to professorial chair. The narrative unfolds as a classic christian biography and a seventeenth century scholar biography, illuminating how arabic studies in england and christian hebrew scholarship reshaped biblical interpretation and the study of the ancient Near East. For church history researchers, students of the history of orientalism and the history of middle eastern studies, and anyone seeking a substantial biblical studies reference, this volume opens a rare window onto the making of European knowledge about the Islamic and Jewish worlds, and the devotional life that sustained it. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Presented in a careful modern edition, The Lives Of Dr. Edward Pocock, The Celebrated Orientalist (Volume I) will appeal equally to curious general readers and to classic-literature collectors interested in seventeenth century England, oriental languages, and the inner world of one of its most remarkable scholars.

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