The Orient in Utrecht: Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion by Jaski, Bart; Lange, Christian; Pytlowany, Anna;

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The Orient in Utrecht unfolds the intellectual biography of Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), professor of Oriental languages and Hebrew Antiquities in Utrecht, philologist, Hebraist, Arabist, cartographer, poet, antiquarian, and a pioneer of the comparative study of religion.

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Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion covers the intellectual achievements of a remarkable man: Adriaan Reland, professor of Oriental languages (1701) and Hebrew Antiquities (1713) at the University of Utrecht from 1701 to 1718. Although he never travelled beyond the borders of his home country, he had an astonishingly broad worldview. The contributions in this volume illuminate Reland’s many accomplishments and follow his scholarly trajectory as an Orientalist, a linguist, a cartographer, a poet, and a historian of comparative religions. Reland, although a devout Protestant, believed that religions should be examined objectively on their own terms with the help of reliable and authentic documents, which would dispel the prejudices of the past.

Contributors: Lot Brouwer, Ulrich Groetsch,Toon van Hal, Jason Harris, Bart Jaski, Christian Lange, Richard van Leeuwen, Remke Kruk, Anna Pytlowany, Henk J. van Rinsum, Dirk Sacré, Arnoud Vrolijk, Tobias Winnerling and Jan Just Witkam

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Acknowledgements

List of Figures

Notes on Contributors



Introduction: Adriaan Reland (1676–1718): Early Modern Humanist, Philologist and Scholar of Comparative Religion

 Bart Jaski, Christian Lange, Anna Pytlowany, and Henk J. van Rinsum

part 1: Reland in His Time

1 Adriaan Reland (1676–1718) and His Formative Years

  A Prelude to De Religione Mohammedica

 Henk J. van Rinsum



2 Adriaan Reland’s Legacy as a Scholar of Islam

 Lot Brouwer



3 Follow the Light: Adriaan Reland (1676–1718) on Muhammad

 Christian Lange



4 Adriaan Reland and Dutch Scholarship on Islam

  Scholarly and Religious Visions of the Muslim Pilgrimage

 Richard van Leeuwen

part 2: Reland and the World

5 The First Dutch Translation of Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān, Reland’s Annotated Version and the Mysterious Translator S.D.B.

 Remke Kruk and Arnoud Vrolijk



6 Adriaan Reland’s Fascination with the Languages of the World

 Toon van Hal



7 Digging without Dirt: Adriaan Reland’s Explorations of the Holy Land

 Ulrich Groetsch



8 ‘Geleerdster der Landbeschryveren’? Adriaan Reland Mapping Persia and Japan, 1705–1715

 Tobias Winnerling



9 Adriaan Reland, Galatea: An Introduction

 Dirk Sacré



10 Adriaan Reland: A Life in Fragments

 Anna Pytlowany

Part 3: Collections, Manuscripts, and Seals

11 The Manuscript Collection of Adriaan Reland in the University Library of Utrecht and Beyond

 Bart Jaski



12 The Adriaan Reland Collection at Leiden University Library

  Antoine Galland Autographs, Oriental Manuscripts and the Enigmas of the 1761 Auction Catalogue

 Arnoud Vrolijk



13 Adriaan Reland on Islamic Gems and Seals

  An Annotated Translation of the Latin Text

 Jan Just Witkam



Appendix 1: The Works of Adriaan Reland

 Compiled by Henk J. van Rinsum



Appendix 2: The Manuscripts of Adriaan Reland

 Compiled by Bart Jaski



Appendix 3: The Letters of Adriaan Reland

 Compiled by Tobias Winnerling



Appendix 4: Relandus—Elegies for Galatea, no. 2

 Translated from the Latin by Jason Harris



Appendix 5: Heinrich Sike’s 1696 Congratulatory Poem for Adriaan Reland

 Translated from the Arabic by Christian Lange



Appendix 6: The Maps of Adriaan Reland

 Compiled by Tobias Winnerling



Index of Names

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