Sundanese "kitāb" printed in early-twentieth-century Egypt as evidence of Islamic transregional networks
This article will focus on Sundanese literacy as observed in the Islamic transregional networks established between the Middle East and West Java in the early twentieth century. Sundanese kitāb printed in Egypt by three Sundanese ulama reflect an increasingly intensive use of the Sundanese language...
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| description | This article will focus on Sundanese literacy as observed in the Islamic transregional networks established between the Middle East and West Java in the early twentieth century. Sundanese kitāb printed in Egypt by three Sundanese ulama reflect an increasingly intensive use of the Sundanese language in Islamic teaching in West Java compared to the earlier predominant use of Javanese. There is also a shift on the part of Sundanese ulama from manuscript to print culture. This shift corresponds to the increasing number of pilgrims and Malay-Indonesian students, including those from West Java, in Mecca and the consequent increasing demand for books. This demand was met by publishers who made use of the new print technology and the Jāwī ulama in the Middle East asked publishing assistance from Egyptian publishers. This accelerated the spread of Islamic knowledge encouraging Islamization at a time when rapid modernization was also occurring. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-87e326aa4b0f4e468e1a69310ba961ff2025-08-20T03:11:17ZengUniversitas Indonesia, Faculty of HumanitiesWacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia1411-22722407-68992025-04-0126219121110.17510/wacana.v26i2.1779Sundanese "kitāb" printed in early-twentieth-century Egypt as evidence of Islamic transregional networksJajang A. Rohmana0UIN Sunan Gunung Djati, Bandung, IndonesiaThis article will focus on Sundanese literacy as observed in the Islamic transregional networks established between the Middle East and West Java in the early twentieth century. Sundanese kitāb printed in Egypt by three Sundanese ulama reflect an increasingly intensive use of the Sundanese language in Islamic teaching in West Java compared to the earlier predominant use of Javanese. There is also a shift on the part of Sundanese ulama from manuscript to print culture. This shift corresponds to the increasing number of pilgrims and Malay-Indonesian students, including those from West Java, in Mecca and the consequent increasing demand for books. This demand was met by publishers who made use of the new print technology and the Jāwī ulama in the Middle East asked publishing assistance from Egyptian publishers. This accelerated the spread of Islamic knowledge encouraging Islamization at a time when rapid modernization was also occurring.https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol26/iss2/2/sundanese ulamakitābprint technologytransregional islamic networks. |
| spellingShingle | Jajang A. Rohmana Sundanese "kitāb" printed in early-twentieth-century Egypt as evidence of Islamic transregional networks Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia sundanese ulama kitāb print technology transregional islamic networks. |
| title | Sundanese "kitāb" printed in early-twentieth-century Egypt as evidence of Islamic transregional networks |
| title_full | Sundanese "kitāb" printed in early-twentieth-century Egypt as evidence of Islamic transregional networks |
| title_fullStr | Sundanese "kitāb" printed in early-twentieth-century Egypt as evidence of Islamic transregional networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sundanese "kitāb" printed in early-twentieth-century Egypt as evidence of Islamic transregional networks |
| title_short | Sundanese "kitāb" printed in early-twentieth-century Egypt as evidence of Islamic transregional networks |
| title_sort | sundanese kitab printed in early twentieth century egypt as evidence of islamic transregional networks |
| topic | sundanese ulama kitāb print technology transregional islamic networks. |
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