Newton Goes East: Natural Philosophy in the First Malay Grammar (1736) and the First Malay Bible (1733)
George Henrik Werndly’s work in Malay grammar, literature, and Bible translation can be understood and explained in the context of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century natural philosophy, especially natural philosophy in the spirit of Newton. The Dutch natural philosopher Lambert ten Kate,...
| Subtitles: | Special Issue: “Extraordinary spirit, knowledge, and understanding” (Dan 5.12): Papers in honour of David J. Clark |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2018
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| In: |
The Bible translator
Year: 2018, Volume: 69, Issue: 2, Pages: 214-232 |
| Further subjects: | B
natural philosophy
B first Malay grammar B Clark, David J. B Georg Werndly B Festschrift B first Malay Bible |
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| Summary: | George Henrik Werndly’s work in Malay grammar, literature, and Bible translation can be understood and explained in the context of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century natural philosophy, especially natural philosophy in the spirit of Newton. The Dutch natural philosopher Lambert ten Kate, who was deeply influenced by Isaac Newton, is one of the main channels through which the ideas of the natural philosophy tradition reached Werndly. Ten Kate had applied the methodologies of natural philosophy to linguistics in ways that inspired Werndly to follow the same approach in his grammar of Malay. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-6789 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Bible translator
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2051677018782725 |