Category:Early Islamic Studies--1700s

Early Islamic Studies (1700s) The page: Early Islamic Studies--1700s, includes (in chronological order) scholarly and literary works in the field of Early Islamic Studies, made in the 18th century, or from 1700 to 1799. Portrait of Voltaire by Nicolas de Largillière Highlights (1700s) La vie de Mahomet (The Life of Mahomet / 1730 Boulainvilliers), book La vie de Mahomet (The Life of Muhammad / 1732 Gagnier), book The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed (1734 Sale), book Le fanatisme; ou, Mahomet le prophete (Mahomet the Prophet / 1741 Voltaire), play Interpreters (1700s) Henri de Boulainvilliers (1658-1722) Jean Gagnier (1670c-1740) Voltaire (1694-1778) George Sale (1697-1736)

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History of Research (1700s) -- Notes

New translations of the Qur'an were published in the early 18th century; into Russian (1716, by Postnikov, based on Du Ryer's) and English (1734, by George Sale, the first English version made directly from the Arabic). Henri de Boulainvilliers in 1730 and Jean Gagnier in 1732 also published the first scholarly biographies of Muhammad.

In 1741 Voltaire's exploited and propagated the popular prejudices against Islam in a highly popular, influential and widely performed and translated play (Le fanatisme; ou, Mahomet le prophete), which however was meant to be a criticism of any form of religious fanaticism (including Christian, which could not be attacked directly).

In spite of any polemical approach, by the end of the 18th century, early Islamic texts were now easily available in Europe in reliable translations along with the first scholarly accounts of early Islamic history.

The founding in Paris in 1795 of the École Spéciale des Langues Orientales Vivantes marked off the beginnings of modern Islamic studies, for it was under the school's second director, Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, that the first systematic curriculum for the teaching of Islamic languages, culture and civilization was established in Europe.