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For Lust of Knowing

- The Orientalists and Their Enemies

About For Lust of Knowing

The history of Orientalism shows that, whether making philological comparisons between Arabic and Hebrew, cataloguing the coins of Fatimid Egypt or establishing the chronology of Harun al-Rashid's military campaigns against Byzantium, scholars have been unified by their shared obsession. This book is a work of scholarship.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780140289237
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 416
  • Published:
  • January 24, 2007
  • Dimensions:
  • 128x198x25 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 302 g.
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The history of Orientalism shows that, whether making philological comparisons between Arabic and Hebrew, cataloguing the coins of Fatimid Egypt or establishing the chronology of Harun al-Rashid's military campaigns against Byzantium, scholars have been unified by their shared obsession. This book is a work of scholarship.

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