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Cover Illustration: Christian Hoffmann’s obelisk engraving in Niemann, Christliche Sterbens-Lust (1668), Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
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Names: Ben-Tov, Asaph, author.
Title: Johann Ernst Gerhard (1621–1668) : the life and work of a seventeenth-century Orientalist / by Asaph Ben-Tov.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: History of Oriental studies, 2405–4488 ; volume 11 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021024128 (print) | LCCN 2021024129 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004466449 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004466463 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Gerhard, Johann Ernst, 1621–1668. | Middle East—Study and teaching—Germany—History—17th century. | Asia—Study and teaching—Germany—History—17th century. | Middle Eastern philology—Study and teaching—Germany—History—17th century. | Oriental philology—Study and teaching—Germany—History—17th century. | Orientalism—Germany—History—17th century. | Asianists—Germany—Biography.
Classification: LCC DS61.9.G3 B46 2021 (print) | LCC DS61.9.G3 (ebook) | DDC 956.0092 [B]—dc23
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