The Languages of Paradise: Race, Religion, and Philology in the Nineteenth Century

Archives of paradise divine vowels, Richard Simon, et al the cycle of the chosen peoples, J.G. Herder the Hebrews and the sublime, Ernest Renan the danger of ambiguity, Friedrich Max Mueller the monotheism of the Aryas, Adolphe Pictet heavenly nuptials, Rudolph Friedrich Grau semites as aryans, Ignaz Goldziher secrets of the forge.