Title:

Surah al-Fatiha al-Kitab : Arabia Graeca in Antriquitatis Honorem pro optimarum literarum luce orbi erudito commendata ab Hermanno von der Hardt

Short title

Arabia graeca

Title variations

Title in English

The Greek Arabia

Section

Language

Latin

Creation date

1714

Genre

Treatise

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Qur'an quotations

Yes

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Descriptive card

The treatise by the Helmstedt scholar Hermann von der Hardt was part of his elaborate argument, trying to prove that a Greek dialect was the ultimate source for all oriental languages. This highly idiosyncratic works end with a (separately paginates) appendix including surahs 1, 64 and 12 (NB 64 and 12 had been published witha Latin translation by Thomas Erpenius).

Entry author

Asaph Ben Tov