Arabic studies in the Netherlands : a short history in portraits, 1580-1950 /
"Arabic is the only living language to have been taught in Dutch higher education for more than four centuries. Practical usefulness, however, has been a prerequisite from the start. Knowledge of Arabic was to promote Dutch interests in the Muslim world, or to help refute Islam. As a cognate of...
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Leidon, The Netherlands ; Boston [Mass.] :
Brill,
2014.
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