MICHAELIS, JOHANN DAVID

Abhandlung von der syrischen Sprache und ihrem Gebrauch. nebst dem ersten Theil.

Göttingen, Johann Albrecht Barmeier, 1768.

8vo. 2 volumes bound in one modest marbled paper covered cardboard binding. Wear to extremities, internally fine and clean. 112; 118 pp.


First edition of Michaelis work on the Syriac language.

Johann Davis Michaelis (1717-19) was a theologian and orientalist, whose fame today rests upon the present work and upon the fact that he was responsible for the first scientific expedition to Arabia Felix, namely that of Niebuhr.

As a theologian and an orientalist, many of Michaelis' questions have root in the Bible. But unlike many other theolgians of the time, Michaelis sought to shed light over biblical themes through sources outside of the Bible - especially from the Middle East, not least Arabia.

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DKK 950,00