Between Philology,Historicism,and Poetics:On the Emergence of Orientalism in 18th Century Germany
Germany embarked on a line of Oriental studies distinct from that of Britain and France due to its unique political,geographical,and cultural characteristics.Building upon traditional theology,German scholars integrated advanced ideas and materials of Britain and France with rigor and developed three new research possibilities on the Biblical text,namely,the research potentials of philology,history,and poetics,which endowed the German Orien-talism with a strong tendency to textualization and historicization,thereby enriching the schol-arly perspective of Orientalist research.
German OrientalismProtestant TheologyHistoricismForeignization