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Thomas Erpenius

توماس إربنيوس

Notable figure 1584–1624 · Source: ʿAbd al-ʿAziz al-Humaid, Aʿmal al-mustashriqin al-ʿarabiyya fi al-muʿjam al-ʿarabi: dirasa wa-taqwim (PhD thesis, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, 1433 AH), vol. 1, p. 31 · Second source: Deutsche Biographie (Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 6, 1877, p. 329): Erpenius, Thomas, 1584–1624, born Gorinchem

Field: Grammar

Affiliation

Grammarian; author of the Grammatica Arabica (1613)

Biography

Born in Gorinchem, he held the first chair of Arabic at Leiden (1613). His Grammatica Arabica (Leiden 1613) remained the standard Arabic grammar in Europe for two centuries, and he published the fables of Luqman (1615), Surat Yusuf with three Latin versions (1617) and the Ajurrumiyya in Arabic with a Latin translation (Leiden 1617).

His words in «What They Said About the Arabs and Arabic»

“If both languages are to be learnt, it seems to me that Arabic should be put first since it is the easier and more regular and everywhere makes good the defects of Hebrew. Away with those who want discord among us and ar…” The saying and its source →

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Thomas Erpenius

Biography

His words in «What They Said About the Arabs and Arabic»