Niebuhr in Egypt: European science in a Biblical world
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1. Verfasser: Guichard, Roger H. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Eugene, Oregon Pickwick Publications [2013]
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright information; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; I. Introduction; 2. The Conceit; 3. To the Orient; 4. Alexandria; 5. To Cairo; 6. The Mother of the World; 7. Government; 8. Inhabitants; 9. Commerce; 10. The Delta; 11. Manners and Customs; 12. The Antiquities of Egypt; 13. To Suez and Sinai; 14. Afterward; 15. The Results; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Back Cover
When Roger H. Guichard Jr. discovered a French translation of the works of Carsten Niebuhr, sole survivor of the 1761-1767 Royal Danish Expedition to the Yemen, he was astounded. 'They were not just another dry account of one man's travels, but represented the record of a serious intellectual enterprise involving Enlightenment science, sacred philology, the Bible as history, ""Orientalism, "" Egyptology, and discovery'. Having translated them from French to English, and then cross-referenced his translations with the original German texts, 'Niebuhr in Egypt' is not, as one might expect, simply a
ISBN:0718842200
9780718842208
9780718893354
0718893352
1620325055
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