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Islamic History, Islamic Studies, Religious Conversion, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Interreligious Relations, Islamic Law, and 300 moreIslamic Philosophy, Islamic Art, Medieval Islamic History, Semitic Languages (Languages And Linguistics), Comparative Semitic Linguistics, Arabic, Arabic Literature, Arabic Language and Literature, Arabic Dialects, Arabic Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic, Comparative Semitics, Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle Ages, Muslim philosophy and thought, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Islamic art and architecture, Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature, Classical Arabic Poetry, Arab Tribes, Arab Culture, Arabic Language, Arabic Philosophy, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Sociolinguistics, Arabic Dialectology, Arabic Syntax, Arabic Poetry, Arabic Historiography (History), Arabic Lexicography, Christian Arabic Literature, Arabic Studies, Arabic Linguistics and Dialectology, Arabic Linguistics, Judaeo-Arabic, Classical Arabic Literature, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Pre Islamic Period, Bible in Arabic, Arabic Papyrology, Arabic Palaeography, Medieval Arabic Philosophy, Arabic phonology, History of Arabic Science. Islamic Instruments. Astronomy under the Mamluks, History of Arabic Science, History of Arabic Sciences, Christian arabic studies, History of Arabic Language, Medieval Islam, Early and Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture, Medieval Islamic Numismatics, medieval islam and Judaism, Early Islam, Early Islamic History, Early Islamic Archaeology, Early and Classical Islamic History, Early Islamic Historiography, Early Islamic Central Asia, Early Islamic Mysticism, Methodological approaches in the study of early Islam, Early Islamic Art, Early Islamic Coinage, Early Islamic Architecture, Late Antiquity, Early Islam, Non-Muslims Under Muslim Rule, Early Islamic Studies, Koran and Early-Islam, Early Islamic Numismatics, Medieval to Early Modern Islamic World, History of the Islamic World, History of Islam, History of Islamic Civilization, History and Philosophy of Islamic education, History of Islamic Astronomy, History of Shia Islam, History of Islamic law, Classical Islam, Conversion to Islam, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Islamic and Jewish Studies, Quranic and Islamic Studies, Islamic philosophy and theology, Islamic Political Philosophy, Islamic Thought & Philosophy, Islamic art and archaeology, Islamic art history, Islamic' Architecture, Islamic architecture, Islamic Archaeology, Islamic and Medieval Archaeology, Islamic Mysticism, Christian and Islamic Mysticism, Formative Period of Islamic Mysticism, Muslim Theology and Islamic Mysticism, Sufism (mysticism), Shi'ism and Islamic eschatology, Islamic Manuscripts, Kalam (Islamic Theology), Islamic Theology, Islamic Thought and Theology, Islamic Theology or Kalam, Islamic Numismatics, Islamic Calligraphy, Islamic Historiography, Historiography of Islamic Art, Islamic Political Thought, Islamic thought, Islamic Origins, Islamic Sciences, Islamic Civilization, Islamic Culture and Civilization, Religious Studies, Comparative Religion, Semitic languages, Jewish Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, Oriental Studies, Hadith, Qur'anic Studies, Qur'anic and Hadith sciences, Qur'an, Quranic Studies, Quran and Tafsir Studies, Quranic Exegesis, Quran, Quran and Sunnah Studies, Biographical Literature of the Prophet Muhammad (Sirah Rasul Allah), Jahiliyya Poetry, Pre-Islamic Arabia, Medieval Jewish History, Semitic Linguistics, South Arabian Culture, South Arabian Archaeology, Epigraphic South Arabian, Mamluk Studies, Mamluks (Islamic History), History of Islamic Sects, Shia studies, Shi'ism, Twelver Shi'ism, Shi'ite and Sunni Split, Sibawayhi, Middle Arabic, Arabic language and dialects, Maghreb studies, History of Maghrib and Andalus, History of Caliphates, Umayyads (Islamic History), Umayyad and Abbasid History, Abbasid History, Abbasids (Islamic History), Syriac Studies, Syriac (Languages And Linguistics), Syriac literature, Syriac manuscripts, Coptic Studies, Coptic (Languages And Linguistics), Monotheism, Zoroastrianism, Ismailism, Mutazila, Iranian Studies, Iranian Archaeology, Iranian History, Iranian Languages, Sasanian History, Sasanian Archaeology, Sasanian art, Sasanian Empire, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine History, Byzantine art, Byzantine Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Late Antique and Byzantine History, Byzantine history and archaeology, Arab Christian Studies, Christianity in South Arabia before Islam, Christianity in Arabia, Arab Christianity, Christianity among the Arabs, The Jews of the Arabian Peninsula, Judeo-Arabic Language and Linguistics, Karaites, Judeo-Arabic, Medieval Jewish History and Literature, Judaeo Arabic Literature, Islamic Economics, Islamic Economics and Finance, Islamic law and jurisprudence, Islamic Education & Islamic Schooling, Islamic Jurisprudence, Philosophy and Thought in Islamic Science, Muslim Minorities, Muslim-Christian Relation, Muslim and Jewish History, Christian-Muslim Dialogue, Late Antiquity, Late Antique Archaeology, Neoplatonism and late antique philosophy, Late Antique Religion, Theology and Religious Studies, Religious Pluralism, Religious History, Religious Persecution, Religious Experience, Religious Education, Religious Freedom, Religious and Magical Practices, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Inter-religious Dialogue, Religious architecture, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Sufism, philosophical Sufism (school of Ibn 'Arabi), Early Sufism, Sufism in the Formative Period, Sufi Poetry, Islamic Sectarianism, Islamic sects, Islamic Intellectual History and Sects, Islam, Classifications of Islamic Theological Sects, Qur’an and the Sunna, Sunnah, Sunna, Sunnism, Sunni and shia, Sunni-Shi'i Relations, Caliphate (Sunni), Kharijites, dialectics in Islam and kharijites politics, Shi'a Islam, History of Shi'a Islam, Shi'a Study, Sunni-Shi'a Relations, Shi'ism: Twelver and Isma'ili, Judeo-Arabic Culture in the Middle Ages, Theological Relationships between Islam (in particular Shi'i Islam) and Judaism, Meta-Historical Theological Structures., Medieval Shi'ism, Early Imamate Shi'ism, History of Shi'ism, Islamic Law, Twelver Shi'ism, Hadith Studies, and Qur'anic Exegesis, History of Islamic Thought, Isma'ili Shi'i Traditions, Early Shi'ism, Extremist Shi'ism, ghulat, Shi'ite Islam, Shi'i Studies, Shi'i Jurisprudence, The Idea of the Chosen People in Judah Halevi's al-Kitāb al-Khazari and its Origins in the Shī'ī Imām Doctrine, Ibadites, Ibadism, Ibadiya, Ibadi Islam, Maghreb, Maghrib, Mashriq history, Eunuchs, Arab world, Arabic translation, Arabic Rhetoric, Arabic Prose Literature, Arabic Grammar, Modern Arabic Literature, Modern Standard Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic/Syriac, Sasanian Iran, Sasanian Army, Sasanid Empire, Sasanides, Iran, Ancient and Sasanian History; Early Judeo-Persian, Sasanian Zoroastrianism, Partho-Sasanian and early Islamic, Sasanian numismatics, Ikhwan al-Safa, Ismaili thought, Intellectual history of early Islam, Shiia, esp. Ismailis, Ismaili studies, Greek influence on medieval Ismaili thought, Ismaʿilism, Ismailiya, Medieval Ismailism, Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, Islamization of Knowledge, Islamization, Islamization and Arabization, Bedouin, Bedouins, Fatimids, Fatimid Studies, Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Medieval Archaeology, Early Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Art, Medieval Literature, Medieval Philosophy, Early Medieval History, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Medieval Architecture, Medieval Theology, Early Modern History, Medieval Islamic and Turco-Iranian world, Mongol world empire, Seljuk, Mongol, post-Mongol, and Ottoman Anatolia (1200-1500), Comparative empire, frontier, and political culture, and Persian and Ottoman Turkish historical writing edit
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The Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation was established in 1972 from the bequest of Prof. Max Schloessinger (1877-1... moreThe Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation was established in 1972 from the bequest of Prof. Max Schloessinger (1877-1944), Vice-Chancellor of the Hebrew University, and his wife, Dr. Miriam Schaar Schloessinger (1880-1972), to facilitate the publication of Arabic texts as well as studies devoted to Islam, Arabic language and literature, and Middle Eastern history. The Foundation publishes the annual Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam (JSAI) as well as the Max Schloessinger Memorial Series: First Editions of Classical Arabic Texts, Monographs in Islamic History and Civilization, and Collected Studies in Arabic and Islam.
Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam (JSAI) is a peer reviewed, international journal devoted to the study of classical Islam, Islamic religious thought, Arabic language and literature, the origins of Islamic institutions, and the interaction between Islam and other civilizations.
The first volume of JSAI was published in 1979. The founding editor-in-chief was Prof. M. J. Kister and since 1991, the editor-in-chief is Prof. Yohanan Friedmann. The editorial board consists of members of the academic staff of the Institute of Asian and African Studies of the Hebrew University.
The journal is an annual, and at times two volumes are published in the same year. The average size of a volume is about 400 pages. The journal enjoys a high reputation and applies rigorous standards of acceptance.
The journal is international both in its readership and in the academic affiliation of its authors. It is available at a substantial part of the academic institutions where Arabic and Islamic studies are taught on a high level and the authors are among the world's leading scholars in Arabic and Islamic studies. edit
Most articles included in this volume were presented at
the Fourteenth International Conference “From Jāhiliyya to Islam”
held at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem, July 1-4, 2019.
the Fourteenth International Conference “From Jāhiliyya to Islam”
held at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem, July 1-4, 2019.
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Most articles included in this volume were presented at
the Fourteenth International Conference “From Jāhiliyya to Islam”
held at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem, July 1-4, 2019.
the Fourteenth International Conference “From Jāhiliyya to Islam”
held at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem, July 1-4, 2019.
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Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam 51 (2021)
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Studies in Honour of Ella Landau-Tasseron II
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Studies in Honour of Ella Landau-Tasseron I
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Full tables of contents, volumes 1-51
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Most of the papers included in these volumes were presented at the "Written Arabic, Writing Arabic" conferences held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 19-21 June 2012
and at Roma Tre University, 23-25 October 2012.
and at Roma Tre University, 23-25 October 2012.
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Religion, Islamic Law, Islamic Economics, Arabic Literature, Islamic Archaeology, and 165 moreMedieval History, Arabic Poetry, Arabic Prose Literature, Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, Arabic, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Islamic Contemporary Studies, Muslim Family Law, Islamic Philosophy, Kalam (Islamic Theology), Islamic Education, Islamic Education & Islamic Schooling, Manuscript Studies, Medieval Islam, Qur'anic Studies, Arab Christian Studies, Quranic Studies, Arabic Sociolinguistics, Islamic Art, Late Antiquity, Islamic Studies, Shi'ism, Women and Gender Issues in Islam, Islamic' Architecture, Muslim Minorities, Arabic Philosophy, Classical Arabic Poetry, Classical Arabic Prose Literature, History of the Islamic World, Islamic Numismatics, Islamic Ethics, Islamic Psychology, Syriac Studies, Hadith Studies, Islamic History, Umayyads (Islamic History), Seljuks (Islamic History), Safavids (Islamic History), Islam, Islamic Political Thought, Arabic Lexicography, Islamic feminism, Arabic Dialects, Muslim-Christian Relation, Arabic translation, Islamic Banking, Islamic Finance, Jewish-Muslim Relations, Arabic Syntax, Comparative Semitics, Islamic Criminal Law, Medieval Islamic History, Islamic commercial law, Islamic Economics and Finance, Al Andalus (Islamic History), Early Islamic Archaeology, Roman Arabia (Archaeology), Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Quran, Sharia, Muslim-Christian Relations, Judeo-Arabic, Arabic Historiography (History), Christian-Muslim Dialogue, Islamic Thought & Philosophy, Philosophy and Thought in Islamic Science, Islamic Mysticism, Islamic Jurisprudence, Methodologies of jurisprudence usul al-fiqh (أصول الفقه), Modern Arabic Literature, Syriac (Languages And Linguistics), Early and Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture, History of Islamic Civilization, Political Islam, Semitic Linguistics, Islamic Banking And Finance, Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence (Usul al-Fiqh), Islamic Accounting, Islamic finance and banking, Islamic Intellectual History, Syriac Christianity, Islamic Science, Arabic Rhetoric, Ibn Arabi, Syriac literature, Islamic pottery, Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Islamic Movements and Political Islam, Quranic Exegesis, Religious Studies, Arabic Language, Arab world, Arabic Manuscripts, Arabic Dialectology, Maqasid al-Sharia (Purposes of Islamic Law), Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle Ages, Islamic Microfinance, Islamic Theology, Islamic Law and Legal Theory, Shariah, Twelver Shi'ism, Islamic Manuscripts, Islamic Management, Islamic Family Law, Usul al Fiqh, Islamic Classical Jurisprudence (fiqh), Arabian/Persian Gulf Archaeology, Islamic architecture, Islamic Marketing, Islamic Financial System, Islamic thought, Quranic and Islamic Studies, Arabian Peninsula in Antiquity, Semitic Philology, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, South Arabian Culture, Pre-Islamic Arabia, Shariah Issues in Islamic Finance, Classical Arabic Literature, Qur'an, Hadith, Muslims, Fatwa and Islamic Shariah Law, Islamic Economic, Quran and Sunnah Studies, Islamic Calligraphy, Islamic art and architecture, History and Philosophy of Islamic education, Arabic Linguistics, History of Shia Islam, Modern Standard Arabic, Islamic Economy, Islamic Historiography, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Islamic Accounting and Finance, Ushul Fiqh, Ancient South Arabia, Arabic Grammar, philosophical Sufism (school of Ibn 'Arabi), South Arabian Archaeology, Islamic Banking and Finance/Islamic Economics, Arabic Studies, Judaeo-Arabic, Islamic State, Islamic Origins, Medieval Islamic, Shia studies, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Christianity in Arabia, Christianity in South Arabia before Islam, Arabic Language and Literature, Christian Arabic Literature, Religius and Islamic Studies, Islamic Thought and Theology, Muslim and Jewish History, Arabian Language, The Hadith, Quran and Tafsir Studies, Qur'anic and Hadith sciences, Islamic law and jurisprudence, and Muslim philosophy and thought
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Comparative Religion, Islamic Law, Jewish Studies, Arabic Literature, Islamic Archaeology, and 27 moreMedieval History, Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Arabic, Iranian Studies, Islamic Philosophy, Mamluk Studies, Islamic Art, Islamic Studies, Shi'ism, Islamic' Architecture, Islamic History, Islam, Iranian History, Interreligious Dialogue, Islamic Thought & Philosophy, History of Islamic Civilization, Islamic Intellectual History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Religious Studies, Islamic Manuscripts, Bible in Arabic, Classical Arabic Literature, Religious Intolerance, Islamization, Classical Islam, and Muslim philosophy and thought
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Arabic Literature, Medieval History, Arabic Poetry, Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, and 27 moreComparative Semitic Linguistics, Arabic, Iranian Studies, Mamluk Studies, Qur'anic Studies, Coptic Studies, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Al-Andalus, Classical Arabic Poetry, Umayyads (Islamic History), Islam, Arabic Dialects, Fatimids, Comparative Semitics, Ismailism, Al Andalus (Islamic History), Ismaili thought, Religious Studies, Arabic Dialectology, Arabian Nights, South Arabian Culture, Classical Arabic Literature, South Arabian Archaeology, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic Language and Literature, and Muslim philosophy and thought
Studies in honour of Aryeh Levin II
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Arabic Literature, Arabic Poetry, Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, and 27 moreArabic, Arabic Sociolinguistics, Islamic Studies, Classical Arabic Poetry, Arabic Dialects, Arabic morphology, Arabic Syntax, Comparative Semitics, Semitic Linguistics, Egyptian Arabic, Arabic Language, Arabic Dialectology, Arabic language and dialects, Modern Hebrew Language, Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian Colloquial Arabic, Arabic Grammar, Bedouin, Colloquial Arabic, Arabic Linguistics and Dialectology, Druzes, Cross-dialectal Arabic, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Maghrebi dialectology, Palestinian Arabic, Arabic Language and Literature, and Muslim philosophy and thought
Studies in honour of Aryeh Levin I
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Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, Arabic, Arabic Sociolinguistics, and 27 moreIslamic Studies, Ethiopian languages, Middle Arabic, Middle and Mixed Arabic, Arabic Dialects, Arab Grammarians, Arabic Syntax, Comparative Semitics, Amharic Language, Judeo-Arabic, Arabic Rhetoric, Arabic Language, Arabic Dialectology, Arabic language and dialects, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Sibawayhi, Arabic Grammar, Arabic language and culture, Arabic Linguistics and Dialectology, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Maghrebi dialectology, Arabic Grammatical Tradition, Arabic Language and Literature, Semitic Morphosyntax, Arabic Grammarians, Muslim philosophy and thought, and Morphology of Semitic Languages
Studies in memory of Moshe Perlamn
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Comparative Religion, Medieval Philosophy, Medieval History, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, and 27 moreIslamic Philosophy, Medieval Islam, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Islamic History, Islam, Muslim Spain, History of Religion (Medieval Studies), Muslim-Christian Relation, Medieval Islamic History, Al Andalus (Islamic History), Interreligious Dialogue, Inter-religious Dialogue, Early Islamic History, Religious Toleration, Religious Studies, Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle Ages, Islamic Theology, Judeo-Iranian languages; Persian classical literature; medieval history of Central Asia, Religious Minorities, Islamic Historiography, philosophical Sufism (school of Ibn 'Arabi), Religious Intolerance, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Muslim and Jewish History, Intellectual History of Al andalus, and Muslim philosophy and thought
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Islamic Law, Islamic Archaeology, Medieval History, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, and 27 moreMamluk Studies, Medieval Islam, Medieval Archaeology, Ayyubid history, Byzantine Studies, Late Antiquity, Islamic Studies, Women and Gender Issues in Islam, Islamic' Architecture, Social History, Islamic History, Umayyads (Islamic History), Early Islam, Sasanian History, Medieval Islamic History, Early Islamic History, Mosque Architecture, Jihad, Medieval Military History, Cairo Genizah, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, South Arabian Culture, Prophets of the Hebrew Bible/"Old Testament", South Arabian Archaeology, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic and Islamic Studies, and Muslim philosophy and thought
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Medieval History, Arabic Poetry, Umayyad Literature, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Islamic Philosophy, and 27 moreQur'anic Studies, Late Antiquity, Islamic Studies, Classical Arabic Poetry, Umayyads (Islamic History), Early Islam, Sasanian History, Muslim-Christian Relation, Martyrdom, Pilgrimage and travel to the Holy Land, Early Islamic History, Medieval Military History, Islamic Manuscripts, Medieval Jewish-Muslim Encounters, Judeo-arabic manuscripts regarding Islam, Polemics of Jewish Authors against Islam, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, South Arabian Culture, Qur'an, Hadith, Himyarites, Early and Classical Islamic History, South Arabian Archaeology, Arabic and Islamic Studies, medieval islam and Judaism, Classical Islam, Qur'anic and Hadith sciences, Muslim philosophy and thought, and Islamic Institutional Administration
Studies in honour of Yohanan Friedmann
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Arabic Literature, Arabic Language and Linguistics, History of India, Indian studies, South Asian Studies, and 27 moreMongolian Studies, Mamluk Studies, Mughal History, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Al-Andalus, Classical Arabic Poetry, Umayyads (Islamic History), Early Islam, Islam in India, Al Andalus (Islamic History), Interreligious Dialogue, Islamic Intellectual History, Inter-religious Dialogue, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Early Islamic History, Religious Toleration, Religious Studies, Early Islamic Historiography, Classical Arabic Literature, Religious Intolerance, Early and Classical Islamic History, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Islamic Literature, Classical Islam, Religious and Magical Practices, and Muslim philosophy and thought
Studies in memory of Franz Rosenthal (II)
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Medieval Philosophy, Jewish Studies, Medieval Literature, Persian Literature, Medieval History, and 27 moreSemitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, Aramaic, Islamic Philosophy, Mamluk Studies, Medieval Islam, Islamic Studies, Syriac Studies, Comparative Semitics, Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Aramaic, Maimonides, Semitic Linguistics, Islamic Intellectual History, Arabic Manuscripts, Karaism, Cairo Genizah, Islamic Manuscripts, Semitic Philology, Karaites, History of Islamic Sects, Judaeo-Arabic, Maimonides' Guide of Perplexed, Jewish Aramaic Literature, Muslim philosophy and thought, and Babylonian Jewish Aramaic
Studies in memory of Franz Rosenthal (I)
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Medieval Philosophy, Medieval History, Arabic Poetry, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, and 27 moreKalam (Islamic Theology), Manuscript Studies, Medieval Islam, Qur'anic Studies, Religious Conversion, Islamic Studies, Al-Andalus, Classical Arabic Poetry, Early Islam, History of Religion (Medieval Studies), Arab Grammarians, Medieval Islamic History, Al Andalus (Islamic History), Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Islamic Intellectual History, Early Islamic History, Apostasy, Arabic Language, Early Islamic Historiography, Conversion to Islam, Arabic Grammar, Early and Classical Islamic History, Ulama and their impact, Arabic Grammatical Tradition, Arabic Language and Literature, Religious and Magical Practices, and Muslim philosophy and thought
From Jahiliyya to Islam
Colloquium 9, Jerusalem, July 2003
Colloquium 9, Jerusalem, July 2003
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Arabic Literature, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Kalam (Islamic Theology), Qur'anic Studies, Islamic Studies, and 27 moreSufism, Shi'ism, History of Caliphates, Classical Arabic Poetry, Early Islam, Jewish-Muslim Relations, Tafsir, Interreligious Dialogue, Islamic Thought & Philosophy, Inter-religious Dialogue, Islamic Science, Epigraphic South Arabian, Early Islamic History, Early Islamic Historiography, Interreligious Polemics, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, South Arabian Culture, Hadith, Early and Classical Islamic History, South Arabian Archaeology, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, medieval islam and Judaism, Muslim and Jewish History, Ibadites, Rashidun Caliphate, Religious and Magical Practices, and Muslim philosophy and thought
Studies in honour of Moshe Piamenta
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Pre Islamic Poetry, Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, Aramaic Dialectology, and 27 moreArabic, Aramaic, Arabic Sociolinguistics, Islamic Studies, Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature, Arabic Dialects, Arabic translation, Arabic Syntax, Comparative Semitics, Semitic Linguistics, Islamic Science, Arabic Rhetoric, Arabic Language, Arabic Manuscripts, Arabic Dialectology, Arabic language and dialects, Islamic Sciences, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Arabic Grammar, Arabic dialectology and Arabization, Arabic Linguistics and Dialectology, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Maghrebi dialectology, North African Arabic Dialects, Arabic Dialects In Turkey, Levantine & Egyptian Arabic Dialects, and Muslim philosophy and thought
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Arabic Literature, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Asceticism, Qur'anic Studies, Islamic Studies, and 27 moreSufism, Early Islam, Middle Arabic, Middle and Mixed Arabic, Muslim-Christian Relation, Arab Grammarians, Muslim-Christian Relations, Islam and Christianity: relations and exchange of ideas, Christian-Muslim Dialogue, Islamic Mysticism, Arabic Epigraphy, Early Islamic History, Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle Ages, Early Islamic Historiography, Islam and Christianity, Classical Arabic Literature, History of Islamic Sects, Early and Classical Islamic History, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Early Sufism, Islamic Literature, Christ Jesus in Islam, Zurvanism, Early Islamic Asceticism and Sufism, Classical Islam, Ibadites, and Muslim philosophy and thought
Studies in honour of Shaul Shaked II
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Persian Literature, Medieval History, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Zoroastrianism, and 27 moreMedieval Islam, Tamil Literature, Late Antiquity, Islamic Studies, Shi'ism, Sasanian History, Medieval Jewish History, Jewish Languages, Judeo-Arabic, Late Antique Religion, Pre-Islamic Iran, Pre-Islamic Persian History, Sasanian Empire, Karaism, Twelver Shi'ism, Turkic Linguistics, Middle Persian literature and language, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Karaites, Arabic Grammar, Early and Classical Islamic History, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Judaeo-Arabic, Persian Language and Literature, Classical Islam, Pre Islamic Period, and Muslim philosophy and thought
Studies in honour of Shaul Shaked I
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Persian Literature, Armenian Studies, Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, and 27 moreAramaic, Zoroastrianism, Iranian Studies, Persian Language, History of Iran, Languages of the Caucasus, Islamic Art, Islamic Studies, Avestan (Languages And Linguistics), Iranian History, Sasanian History, Indo-Iranian Linguistics, Magic and the Occult (Anthropology Of Religion), Comparative Semitics, Pahlavi / Middle Persian (Religion), Zoroastrianism (History), Ancient Iranian Religion, Manichaeism, Pre-Islamic Persian History, Indo-European Linguistics, Armenian Language, Sasanian Empire, Armenian Linguistics, Middle Persian literature and language, Arabic/Persian Manuscripts, codicology, Islamic philosophy, early Islamic history and thoughts, Religious and Magical Practices, and Muslim philosophy and thought
David Ayalon Memorial volume II
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Asian Studies, Islamic Law, Ottoman History, Medieval History, Arabic Language and Linguistics, and 27 moreMedieval Studies, Crusades, Central Asian Studies, Mongolian Studies, Mamluk Studies, Medieval Islam, Central Asia (History), Religious Conversion, Medieval Archaeology, Ottoman Studies, East Asian Studies, Islamic Studies, History of the Mongol Empire, History of Crusades, Islam in Central Asia, Mamluk History, Central Asian History (Area Studies), Medieval Islamic History, Mamluks (Islamic History), Early and Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture, Medieval Military History, Conversion to Islam, Mongolian and Central Asian Studies, Ilkhanate, Islamic Historiography, Ulama and their impact, and Muslim philosophy and thought
David Ayalon Memorial volume I
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Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, Qur'anic Studies, Islamic Art, and 27 moreAyyubid history, Islamic Studies, Shi'ism, Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature, Abbasid History, Syriac Studies, Early Islam, Maghreb studies, Comparative Semitics, Judeo-Arabic, Manichaeism, Semitic Linguistics, Arabic Epigraphy, Abbasids (Islamic History), Early Islamic History, Early Islamic Historiography, Twelver Shi'ism, Cairo Genizah, Umayyad and Abbasid History, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Medieval Economic and Social History, Early and Classical Islamic History, Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Classical Islam, Pre Islamic Period, and Muslim philosophy and thought
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Arabic Poetry, Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, and 27 moreMamluk Studies, Medieval Islam, Islamic Art, Islamic Studies, Classical Arabic Poetry, Mamluk History, Early Islam, Muslim-Christian Relation, Arab Grammarians, Comparative Semitics, Medieval Islamic History, Christian-Muslim Dialogue, Modern Arabic Literature, Early and Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture, Semitic Linguistics, Arabic Epigraphy, Early Islamic History, Arabic Language, Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle Ages, Early Islamic Historiography, Semitic Philology, Hadith, Islamic art and architecture, Arabic Grammar, Muslim and Jewish History, Qur'anic and Hadith sciences, and Muslim philosophy and thought
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Islamic Law, Islamic Archaeology, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Qur'anic Studies, Religious Conversion, and 27 moreQuranic Studies, Islamic Studies, Islamic' Architecture, Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature, History of the Islamic World, Hadith Studies, Islamic History, Early Islam, Medieval Islamic History, Tafsir, History of Islamic Civilization, Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Early Islamic Historiography, Conversion to Islam, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Hadith, Islamic Historiography, Early and Classical Islamic History, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, medieval islam and Judaism, Classical Islam, Pre Islamic Period, Quran and Tafsir Studies, Qur'anic and Hadith sciences, Islamic law and jurisprudence, and Muslim philosophy and thought
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Arabic Literature, Arabic Poetry, Pre Islamic Poetry, Papyrology, Arabic Language and Linguistics, and 27 moreArabic, Islamic Studies, Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature, Classical Arabic Poetry, Classical Arabic Prose Literature, Islamic History, Islam, Early Islam, Arabic Epigraphy, Epigraphic South Arabian, Early Islamic History, Arabic Language, Arabic Papyrology, Early Islamic Historiography, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Arabian Peninsula, Polytheism, Arabian Peninsula in Antiquity, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Pre-Islamic Arabia, Classical Arabic Literature, Monotheism, Early and Classical Islamic History, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Pre Islamic Period, and Muslim philosophy and thought
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Arabic Language and Linguistics, Apocalypticism, Qur'anic Studies, Arab Christian Studies, Eschatology and Apocalypticism, and 27 moreIslamic Studies, Sufism, Early Islam, Muslim-Christian Relation, Fatimids, Monasticism, Jewish-Muslim Relations, Muslim-Christian Relations, Christian-Muslim Dialogue, Sufism in the Formative Period, Pilgrimage and travel to the Holy Land, Early Islamic History, Jihad, Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle Ages, Early Islamic Historiography, Karaism, Karaites, Early and Classical Islamic History, Christian-Muslim Relations, Early Sufism, Arabic Translations of the Gospels, Christian Arabic Literature, medieval islam and Judaism, Classical Islam, Muslim and Jewish History, Diatessaron In Arabic. Gospels In Arabic, and Muslim philosophy and thought
North African, Arabic, and Islamic studies in honour of Pessah Shinar
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Islamic Law, Middle East & North Africa, North Africa Studies, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Qur'anic Studies, and 27 moreIslamic Studies, Sufism, Abbasid History, Umayyads (Islamic History), Early Islam, Arabic Dialects, Maghrebi Literature, Maghreb studies, Arabic Syntax, Tafsir, Judeo-Arabic, Berber studies, Religious Studies, Islamic Reformism, Islamic revival and reform movements, North African History, Maghreb, Hadith, Arabic Grammar, Medieval Economic and Social History, Ulama and their impact, History of Maghrib and Andalus, Arabic Maghrebi dialectology, Classical Islam, Littérature Maghrébine, Waqf Studies: Concept, and Muslim philosophy and thought
From Jahiliyya to Islam Colloquium 4 (II)
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Legitimacy and Authority, Arabic Literature, Islamic Archaeology, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Qur'anic Studies, and 27 moreQuranic Studies, Power and Authority in the Middle Ages, Islamic Art, Islamic Studies, Classical Arabic Prose Literature, Islamic History, Early Islam, Medieval Islamic History, Tafsir, Quran, Early Islamic Art, Early and Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture, Early Islamic History, Quranic Exegesis, Early Islamic Historiography, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Quranic and Islamic Studies, Classical Arabic Literature, Qur'an, Quran and Sunnah Studies, Islamic art and architecture, Early and Classical Islamic History, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Quran and Tafsir Studies, Qur'anic and Hadith sciences, and Muslim philosophy and thought
From Jahiliyya to Islam Colloquium 4 (I)
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Arabic Language and Linguistics, Zoroastrianism, Kalam (Islamic Theology), Medieval Islam, Islamic Studies, and 27 morePre-Islamic Arabic Literature, History of the Islamic World, Islamic History, Islam, Early Islam, Arabic Dialects, Sasanian History, Medieval Islamic History, Zoroastrianism (History), Pre-Islamic Iran, History of Islamic Civilization, Pre-Islamic Persian History, Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Arabic Language, Arabic Dialectology, Sasanian Empire, Early Islamic Historiography, Islamic Theology, Sasanian Archaeology, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Arabic Grammar, Early and Classical Islamic History, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Classical Islam, Pre Islamic Period, and Muslim philosophy and thought
Studies in Semitic linguistics in honour of J. Blau (II)
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Jewish Studies, Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, and 27 moreArabic, Medieval Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic Dialects, History of Religion (Medieval Studies), Arabic Syntax, Comparative Semitics, Medieval Islamic History, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Judeo-Arabic, Semitic Linguistics, Religious Studies, Arabic Language, Arabic Manuscripts, Arabic Dialectology, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Cairo Genizah, Islamic Manuscripts, Semitic Philology, Arabic Linguistics, Arabic Grammar, Arabic language and culture, Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic Language and Literature, Jews In Islamic Lands, Religious and Magical Practices, and Muslim philosophy and thought
Studies in Semitic linguistics in honour of J. Blau (I)
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Jewish Studies, Medieval History, Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, and 27 moreAramaic, Medieval Islam, Islamic Studies, Syriac Studies, Arabic Dialects, Arabic morphology, Medieval philology, Arabic Syntax, Comparative Semitics, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Judeo-Arabic, Biblical Hebrew (Languages And Linguistics), Semitic Linguistics, Arabic Rhetoric, Syriac literature, Arabic Manuscripts, Arabic Dialectology, Islamic Manuscripts, Semitic Philology, Classical Arabic Literature, Medival Studies, Arabic Grammar, Judaeo-Arabic, Arabic Linguistics and Dialectology, Arabic Language and Literature, Jews In Islamic Lands, and Muslim philosophy and thought
From Jahiliyya to Islam Colloquium 3 (II)
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Medieval History, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Medieval Islam, Late Antiquity, and 27 moreIslamic Studies, Shi'ism, History of Caliphates, Abbasid History, History of the Islamic World, Islamic History, Umayyads (Islamic History), Early Islam, History of Religion (Medieval Studies), Early Middle Ages (History), Medieval Islamic History, Religious History, Umayyad History, Abbasids (Islamic History), Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Religious Studies, Early Islamic Historiography, Medieval Military History, Umayyad and Abbasid History, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Classical Arabic Literature, Early and Classical Islamic History, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Classical Islam, Early Islamic Mysticism, and Muslim philosophy and thought
From Jahiliyya to Islam Colloquium 3 (I)
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Arabic Language and Linguistics, Zoroastrianism, Kalam (Islamic Theology), Arab Christian Studies, Byzantine Studies, and 27 moreLate Antiquity, Islamic Studies, Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature, Sasanian History, Muslim-Christian Relation, Monasticism, Early Middle Ages (History), Zoroastrianism (History), Judeo-Arabic, Christian-Muslim Dialogue, Pre-Islamic Iran, Pre-Islamic Persian History, Islamic Intellectual History, Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle Ages, Sasanian Empire, Islamic Theology, Mutazila, Bible in Arabic, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Classical Arabic Literature, Early Medieval Monasticism, Islamic preachers, Judaeo-Arabic, Christian Arabic Literature, Byzantium and Islam, Pre Islamic Period, and Muslim philosophy and thought
Haim Blanc Memorial volume
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Papyrology, Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, Aramaic Dialectology, and 27 moreAramaic, Arabic Sociolinguistics, Islamic Studies, Ethiopian languages, Syriac Studies, Arabic Dialects, Medieval philology, Arab Grammarians, Comparative Semitics, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Syriac (Languages And Linguistics), Biblical Hebrew (Languages And Linguistics), Semitic Linguistics, Arabic Language, Arabic Manuscripts, Arabic Dialectology, Arabic Papyrology, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Islamic Manuscripts, Semitic Philology, Arabic Grammar, Arabic language and culture, Arabic Studies, Arabic Linguistics and Dialectology, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, and Muslim philosophy and thought
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Medieval Philosophy, Medieval History, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Arabic, and 27 moreIslamic Philosophy, Medieval Science, Medieval Islam, Islamic Studies, Medieval Intellectual History, Classical Arabic Poetry, History of the Islamic World, Islamic History, Islam, Arabic translation, Jewish-Muslim Relations, Medieval Islamic History, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Islamic Thought & Philosophy, Islamic Intellectual History, Islamic Science, Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Arabic Manuscripts, Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle Ages, Islamic Manuscripts, Graeco-Arabic translation movement, Islamic thought, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Muslim and Jewish History, Pre Islamic Period, and Muslim philosophy and thought
Jahiliyya and Islamic studies In honour of M.J. Kister Septuagenarian (II)
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Comparative Religion, Islamic Law, Arabic Poetry, Pre Islamic Poetry, Arabic Language and Linguistics, and 27 moreIslamic Philosophy, Kalam (Islamic Theology), Mamluk Studies, Islamic Studies, Prophets, Classical Arabic Poetry, History of the Islamic World, Islamic History, Islamic Political Thought, Early Islam, History of Religion (Medieval Studies), Medieval Islamic History, Islamic Thought & Philosophy, Islamic Intellectual History, Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Religious Studies, Jihad, Early Islamic Historiography, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Pre-Islamic Arabia, Early and Classical Islamic History, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Classical Islam, Pre Islamic Period, Religious and Magical Practices, and Muslim philosophy and thought
Jahiliyya and Islamic studies In honour of M.J. Kister Septuagenarian (I)
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Jewish Studies, Pre Islamic Poetry, Papyrology, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Aramaic, and 27 moreMysticism, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Ethiopian languages, Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature, Sasanian History, Judeo-Arabic, Islamic Mysticism, Pre-Islamic Iran, Pre-Islamic Persian History, Religious Studies, Oriental Studies, Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle Ages, Sasanian Empire, Karaism, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, South Arabian Culture, Pre-Islamic Arabia, Karaites, Islamic preachers, South Arabian Archaeology, Early Sufism, History of Oriental studies, Judaeo-Arabic, Pre Islamic Period, Religious and Magical Practices, and Muslim philosophy and thought
From Jahiliyya to Islam Colloquium 2, Jerusalem, July 1982 (II)
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Medieval History, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Late Antiquity, Islamic Studies, and 27 moreHistory of Caliphates, Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature, History of the Islamic World, Islamic History, Umayyads (Islamic History), Islam, Early Islam, Medieval Islamic History, Umayyad History, History of Islamic Civilization, Early Muslim Historiography, Islamic Intellectual History, Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Arabic Manuscripts, Early Islamic Historiography, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Islamic Historiography, Early and Classical Islamic History, Islamic Civilization, Caliphate, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Classical Islam, Pre Islamic Period, Islamic Culture and Civilization, Rashidun Caliphate, and Muslim philosophy and thought
From Jahiliyya to Islam Colloquium 2, Jerusalem, July 1982 (I)
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Comparative Religion, Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, Islamic Studies, and 27 moreShi'ism, Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature, Biographical Literature of the Prophet Muhammad (Sirah Rasul Allah), Early Islam, Sasanian History, Comparative Semitics, Pre-Islamic Iran, Manichaeism, Pre-Islamic Persian History, Semitic Linguistics, Epigraphic South Arabian, Early Islamic History, Religious Studies, Arabic Language, Sasanian Empire, Semitic Philology, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, South Arabian Culture, Pre-Islamic Arabia, Arabic/Persian Manuscripts, codicology, Islamic philosophy, early Islamic history and thoughts, History of Islamic Sects, Early and Classical Islamic History, South Arabian Archaeology, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Pre Islamic Period, Religious and Magical Practices, and Muslim philosophy and thought
Eliyahu Ashtor Memorial volume
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Comparative Religion, Islamic Law, Medieval Philosophy, Medieval History, Arabic Language and Linguistics, and 27 moreMedieval Studies, Kalam (Islamic Theology), Arab Christian Studies, Islamic Studies, Medieval Intellectual History, Early Islam, History of Religion (Medieval Studies), Kabbalah, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Judeo-Arabic, Islamic Intellectual History, Islamic Science, Early Islamic History, Religious Studies, Arabic Language, Arabic Manuscripts, Arabic Papyrology, Cairo Genizah, Islamic Manuscripts, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Early and Classical Islamic History, Judaeo-Arabic, Christian Arabic Literature, Greek into Arabic, Pre Islamic Period, Islamic law and jurisprudence, and Muslim philosophy and thought
From Jahiliyya to Islam Colloquium 1, Jerusalem, June 1980, (II)
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Comparative Religion, Legitimacy and Authority, Medieval History, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, and 27 moreArabic, Medieval Islam, Early Medieval History, Legitimacy, Political Legitimacy, Late Antiquity, Islamic Studies, Shi'ism, Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature, Islamic History, Islam, Early Islam, Medieval Islamic History, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Early Islamic History, Religious Studies, Arabic Manuscripts, Early Islamic Historiography, Islamic Manuscripts, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Pre-Islamic Arabia, Islamic Historiography, History of Islamic Sects, Early and Classical Islamic History, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Pre Islamic Period, and Muslim philosophy and thought
Pessah Shinar (1914-2013) was Professor Emeritus of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. For more than forty years, Prof. Shinar has been engaged in the study of Islam in the Maghrib. The present... more
Pessah Shinar (1914-2013) was Professor Emeritus of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. For more than forty years, Prof. Shinar has been engaged in the study of Islam in the Maghrib.
The present volume includes sixteen articles dealing with the modern history of the region, its religion and civilization. In addition to other topics, the articles deal with the Muslim
reform movements in the 20th century, with the personalities of ʿAbd al-Qādir and ʿAbd al-Krīm, with the Ṣūfī movement in the modern Maghrib, with Jewish-Muslim relations, and with the significance of various colors in the North African Muslim
and Jewish civilizations.
The present volume includes sixteen articles dealing with the modern history of the region, its religion and civilization. In addition to other topics, the articles deal with the Muslim
reform movements in the 20th century, with the personalities of ʿAbd al-Qādir and ʿAbd al-Krīm, with the Ṣūfī movement in the modern Maghrib, with Jewish-Muslim relations, and with the significance of various colors in the North African Muslim
and Jewish civilizations.
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Suliman Bashear (1947-1991) was born in the northern Israeli village of Mghar. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for his B.A. (1971) and M.A. (1973). In 1976, he received his Ph.D. at the University of London for his... more
Suliman Bashear (1947-1991) was born in the northern Israeli village of Mghar. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for his B.A. (1971) and M.A. (1973). In 1976, he received his Ph.D. at the University of London for his
dissertation “Communism in the Arab East,” which was published both in Arabic and English.
This collection includes 15 critical and incisive studies by Bashear on various issues in the early Islamic tradition. One of the main themes running throughout these works is the gradual development of Islamic ritual and religious belief from
within the historical context of Judaism and Christianity into a spiritual system seemingly rooted solely in the Hijāz. Bashear's studies consider not only the development of religious customs and beliefs, but also seek to explain how later generations recast the past in order to meet the needs of their own era.
In the Introduction, Lawrence I. Conrad highlights the major themes in Bashear's works and describes his unique and stormy academic career, cut short by his untimely death at the age of 44.
dissertation “Communism in the Arab East,” which was published both in Arabic and English.
This collection includes 15 critical and incisive studies by Bashear on various issues in the early Islamic tradition. One of the main themes running throughout these works is the gradual development of Islamic ritual and religious belief from
within the historical context of Judaism and Christianity into a spiritual system seemingly rooted solely in the Hijāz. Bashear's studies consider not only the development of religious customs and beliefs, but also seek to explain how later generations recast the past in order to meet the needs of their own era.
In the Introduction, Lawrence I. Conrad highlights the major themes in Bashear's works and describes his unique and stormy academic career, cut short by his untimely death at the age of 44.
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The articles collected in this volume form a contribution to the study of Arabic linguistics. Most of them deal with Arabic medieval grammatical thought and terminology and are based on the oldest grammatical treatises known to us,... more
The articles collected in this volume form a contribution to the study of Arabic linguistics. Most of them deal with Arabic medieval grammatical thought and terminology and are based on the oldest grammatical treatises known to us, especially Sībawayhi's al-Kitāb. The study of these two topics is interrelated, since the understanding of Arabic grammatical thought depends on the understanding of its terminology and vice versa.
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ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Jabartī (1753–1825) is the most important historian of late Ottoman Egypt. His Marvelous Chronicles: Biographies and Events (ʿAjāʾib al-Āthār fī ʼl-Tarājim wa-ʼl-Akhbār) covers the history of Egypt from 1688 to 1821, a... more
ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Jabartī (1753–1825) is the most important historian of late Ottoman Egypt. His Marvelous Chronicles: Biographies and Events (ʿAjāʾib al-Āthār fī ʼl-Tarājim wa-ʼl-Akhbār) covers the history of Egypt from 1688 to 1821, a period which includes Napoleon’s invasion and the French occupation of the country (1798–1801). The historical narrative is combined with numerous biographies, and throughout the entire work the author demonstrates his wide knowledge of both Islamic learning (al-ʿulūm al-naqliyya) and of the new secular sciences (al-ʿulūm al-ʿaqliyya). Al-Jabartī was well aware of the significance of the French invasion, which marked the beginning of modern European incursions into the Middle East, and was much concerned to preserve the dominance of Islamic values at a time when they were threatened by the decline in the status of the ʿulamāʾ and by the military weakness of the Ottoman Empire.
The Būlāq edition of the ʿAjāʾib (1880), which has been the most widely used so far, is based on manuscripts copied after the author’s death in 1825. The copyists of these manuscripts took liberties with the author’s style and grammar in order to make them compatible with the rules of classical Arabic. They also changed toponyms and official titles in order to bring them in line with the usage introduced after Muḥammad ʿAlī’s invasion in 1801. The later editions published in Cairo and Beirut are merely copies of the Būlāq edition.
The present edition, prepared by Shmuel Moreh of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the first to offer a critical text. It is based on the autograph manuscript preserved in the Cambridge University Library. Moreh collated the autograph with the MSS of al-Jabartī’s two short histories of the French occupation of Egypt, Muddat al-Faransīs bi-Miṣr and Maẓhar al-taqdīs bi-dhahāb dawlat al-Faransīs. He also collated it with a number of other manuscripts of the ʿAjāʾib, paying particular attention to the MSS which had been copied under al-Jabartī’s own supervision. Al-Jabartī checked these copies himself, writing his corrections on the margins. Especially noteworthy is a manuscript in Maghribī script which was checked by the author and belonged to his friend Ḥasan al-ʿAṭṭar. Al-ʿAṭṭar took this MS with him on his travels, adding a variety of materials, some inspired by al-Jabartī himself. Al-ʿAṭṭar’s material has been used in the present edition. Moreh has restored as far as possible the original grammatical usage and style of al-Jabartī, and his text includes passages omitted from the Būlāq edition. The readings given on the margins of the present edition indicate the revisions that al-Jabartī made to his opus magnum as a result of changing political circumstances in Egypt.
The Būlāq edition of the ʿAjāʾib (1880), which has been the most widely used so far, is based on manuscripts copied after the author’s death in 1825. The copyists of these manuscripts took liberties with the author’s style and grammar in order to make them compatible with the rules of classical Arabic. They also changed toponyms and official titles in order to bring them in line with the usage introduced after Muḥammad ʿAlī’s invasion in 1801. The later editions published in Cairo and Beirut are merely copies of the Būlāq edition.
The present edition, prepared by Shmuel Moreh of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the first to offer a critical text. It is based on the autograph manuscript preserved in the Cambridge University Library. Moreh collated the autograph with the MSS of al-Jabartī’s two short histories of the French occupation of Egypt, Muddat al-Faransīs bi-Miṣr and Maẓhar al-taqdīs bi-dhahāb dawlat al-Faransīs. He also collated it with a number of other manuscripts of the ʿAjāʾib, paying particular attention to the MSS which had been copied under al-Jabartī’s own supervision. Al-Jabartī checked these copies himself, writing his corrections on the margins. Especially noteworthy is a manuscript in Maghribī script which was checked by the author and belonged to his friend Ḥasan al-ʿAṭṭar. Al-ʿAṭṭar took this MS with him on his travels, adding a variety of materials, some inspired by al-Jabartī himself. Al-ʿAṭṭar’s material has been used in the present edition. Moreh has restored as far as possible the original grammatical usage and style of al-Jabartī, and his text includes passages omitted from the Būlāq edition. The readings given on the margins of the present edition indicate the revisions that al-Jabartī made to his opus magnum as a result of changing political circumstances in Egypt.
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Islamic Law, Islamic Economics, Intercultural Communication, Ottoman History, Arabic Literature, and 40 moreEarly Modern History, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Arabic, Islamic Philosophy, Ottoman Studies, Egyptian History, Islamic Studies, Ottoman Empire, French colonialism, Egypt, Napoleonic Wars, Arabic Philosophy, Early modern Ottoman History, Ottoman Historiography, Islamic History, Islam, Islamic Political Thought, Ottoman-Turkish Westernization, Ottoman Military History, InterCultural Studies, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, History of Islamic Civilization, Intercultural dialogue, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Religious Studies, Arabic Language, Arab world, Arabic Manuscripts, Orientalism, Ottoman Egypt, Napoleon, Napoleonic History, Ulama and their impact, Islamic Civilization, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Religius and Islamic Studies, Islamic law and jurisprudence, Muslim philosophy and thought, and Al-Jabarti
Pre-Islamic Arabic poetry is one of the greatest cultural achievements of the Arabs in the early period of their history. For several centuries it was considered the only model of poetic perfection. It is the earliest literary corpus in... more
Pre-Islamic Arabic poetry is one of the greatest cultural achievements of the Arabs in the early period of their history. For several centuries it was considered the only model of poetic perfection. It is the earliest literary corpus in classical Arabic and a major part of Arab cultural heritage.
The present volume consists of a concordance of al-ʿIqd al-Thamīn fī Dawawīn al-Shuʿarāʾ al-Sitta al-Jāhiliyyīn, in the edition of William Ahlwardt. It also contains a preface in Arabic and English, a new critical edition with numerous emendations of Ahlwardt's text, and a full concordance of the poetry of Imrūʾ al-Qays, Zuhayr b. Abī Sulma, Ṭarafa b. al-ʿAbd, ʿAlqama b. ʿAbada al-Faḥl, ʿAntara b. Shaddād, al-Nābigha al-Dhubyāni and a few poems by four minor poets. The book holds more than 1,400 pages and contains more than 33,000 entries.
The concordance will serve as an essential tool for the study of classical Arabic poetry and for the study of classical Arabic in general. In addition to the concordance of nouns, verbs and particles, it includes separate sections on proper names, geographical names, names of horses and camels.
The work on the Concordance started a few years after the Hebrew University was established in 1925. More than 2,000,000 cards were prepared before the project was computerized in the eighties. Special software was developed in order to facilitate the processing of the material.
The present volume consists of a concordance of al-ʿIqd al-Thamīn fī Dawawīn al-Shuʿarāʾ al-Sitta al-Jāhiliyyīn, in the edition of William Ahlwardt. It also contains a preface in Arabic and English, a new critical edition with numerous emendations of Ahlwardt's text, and a full concordance of the poetry of Imrūʾ al-Qays, Zuhayr b. Abī Sulma, Ṭarafa b. al-ʿAbd, ʿAlqama b. ʿAbada al-Faḥl, ʿAntara b. Shaddād, al-Nābigha al-Dhubyāni and a few poems by four minor poets. The book holds more than 1,400 pages and contains more than 33,000 entries.
The concordance will serve as an essential tool for the study of classical Arabic poetry and for the study of classical Arabic in general. In addition to the concordance of nouns, verbs and particles, it includes separate sections on proper names, geographical names, names of horses and camels.
The work on the Concordance started a few years after the Hebrew University was established in 1925. More than 2,000,000 cards were prepared before the project was computerized in the eighties. Special software was developed in order to facilitate the processing of the material.
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This book is a major resource for the study of Socrates as seen by the Muslim tradition. The characteristics attributed to him in Islamic thought are mainly in the realm of ethics. His wisdom was recorded in medieval Muslim literature in... more
This book is a major resource for the study of Socrates as seen by the Muslim tradition. The characteristics attributed to him in Islamic thought are mainly in the realm of ethics. His wisdom was recorded in medieval Muslim literature in the form of sayings or descriptions of behavior, in a style reminiscent of prophetic traditions (ḥadīth) in Islam. The Arab Socrates is thus different from thinkers such as Plato or Aristotle, who were seen as systematic philosophers; this difference is probably due to the fact that some of their writings had been translated into Arabic.
Among the more important issues in the legacy of the Arab Socrates (who was sometimes confused with Diogenes) was his encounter with the king and his trial and death; his views on God; life and death; speech and silence, and on wisdom and stupidity.
The book contains approximately 900 items of information culled from various philosophical, historical, literary and theological sources in Arabic. The material is organized in two sections: biography and teachings. The Arabic text is accompanied by an English translation, copious footnotes, indices and a detailed critical apparatus. The book complements a previous study by the author, Socrates in medieval literature, published by the Magnes Press and Brill in 1991.
Among the more important issues in the legacy of the Arab Socrates (who was sometimes confused with Diogenes) was his encounter with the king and his trial and death; his views on God; life and death; speech and silence, and on wisdom and stupidity.
The book contains approximately 900 items of information culled from various philosophical, historical, literary and theological sources in Arabic. The material is organized in two sections: biography and teachings. The Arabic text is accompanied by an English translation, copious footnotes, indices and a detailed critical apparatus. The book complements a previous study by the author, Socrates in medieval literature, published by the Magnes Press and Brill in 1991.
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In this part of his Ansāb al-ashrāf, the Arab historian al-Balādhurī (d. 892) deals with the career of the Umayyad caliph Hishām b. ʿAbd al-Malik (724-743). He recounts the main developments of Hishām's reign such as the revolts of the... more
In this part of his Ansāb al-ashrāf, the Arab historian al-Balādhurī (d. 892) deals with the career of the Umayyad caliph Hishām b. ʿAbd al-Malik (724-743). He recounts the main developments of Hishām's reign such as the revolts of the Khawārij in ʿIrāq, and pays particular attention to the events which took place there during the governorships of Khālid al-Qasrī and Yūsuf b. ʿUmar. Nonetheless, he does not neglect the history of the other provinces of the empire. Al-Balādhurī's account of historical events is interspersed with anecdotes and poems, illustrating various social and economic aspects of this period in Umayyad history.
In his Introduction, in Arabic and English, the editor discusses the reception of al-Balādhurī's work by enumerating the numerous later historians who quoted him. In contradistinction to other scholars, he substantiates the view that al-Balādhurī employed a critical approach to his material.
The edition is based on two manuscripts and includes a double critical apparatus which includes variants in the manuscripts, and references to other historical sources which deal with the contents of this volume. Indices of proper names, place names, verses of poetry, Qurʾānic verses and prophetic traditions conclude the volume.
In his Introduction, in Arabic and English, the editor discusses the reception of al-Balādhurī's work by enumerating the numerous later historians who quoted him. In contradistinction to other scholars, he substantiates the view that al-Balādhurī employed a critical approach to his material.
The edition is based on two manuscripts and includes a double critical apparatus which includes variants in the manuscripts, and references to other historical sources which deal with the contents of this volume. Indices of proper names, place names, verses of poetry, Qurʾānic verses and prophetic traditions conclude the volume.
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Ibn Abī Dunyā, the prolific author, traditionist and compiler of adab works lived in Baghdad in the ninth century CE. The original Arabic text of his “Condemnation of the world” (Kitāb dhamm al-dunyā) is published here for the first time... more
Ibn Abī Dunyā, the prolific author, traditionist and compiler of adab works lived in Baghdad in the ninth century CE. The original Arabic text of his “Condemnation of the world” (Kitāb dhamm al-dunyā) is published here for the first time from three manuscripts. The book contains edifying traditions, anecdotes, parables, dreams, visions and verses of poetry, all around the broad topic of Muslim asceticism (zuhd).
In her introduction, the editor provides a brief biography of the author who served as tutor to several ʿAbbāsī princes. She points out that while Ibn Abī Dunyā's works abound in passages extolling asceticism, he was not addressing an esoteric circle of ascetics, but rather aimed at improving the society at large. His purpose was to serve as a bulwark against the moral deterioration of society which was not averse to the pleasures of the world.
The edition includes a critical apparatus of variant readings in the manuscripts, as well as copious references to parallel passages in other sources and details about personalities mentioned in the text. There is also an extensive bibliography and indices.
In her introduction, the editor provides a brief biography of the author who served as tutor to several ʿAbbāsī princes. She points out that while Ibn Abī Dunyā's works abound in passages extolling asceticism, he was not addressing an esoteric circle of ascetics, but rather aimed at improving the society at large. His purpose was to serve as a bulwark against the moral deterioration of society which was not averse to the pleasures of the world.
The edition includes a critical apparatus of variant readings in the manuscripts, as well as copious references to parallel passages in other sources and details about personalities mentioned in the text. There is also an extensive bibliography and indices.
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Asceticism and Sufism
Al-aḥādīth al-ḥisān fī faḍl al-ṭaylasān (“The beautiful traditions about the merits of the ṭaylasān”) is a book concerned with Muslim attire. The author draws his material from the prophetic traditions, from the books of law, from... more
Al-aḥādīth al-ḥisān fī faḍl al-ṭaylasān (“The beautiful traditions about the merits of the ṭaylasān”) is a book concerned with Muslim attire. The author draws his material from the prophetic traditions, from the books of law, from Qurʾānic exegesis and from books of history. However, the book has significance for other fields as well. It reflects the various trends of thought in the Mamlūk period and the struggle between the various schools of law. These struggles seem to have revolved around questions related to the administration of the religious endowments (waqf).
The present edition of the Arabic text is based on four manuscripts. The editor has provided an introduction (in French) in which he discusses the contents and the significance of the Aḥādīth.
The present edition of the Arabic text is based on four manuscripts. The editor has provided an introduction (in French) in which he discusses the contents and the significance of the Aḥādīth.
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This anthology is designed as an introduction to the study of Judaeo-Arabic from the cultural, philosophical and linguistic point of view. Judaeo-Arabic texts are written in Middle Arabic, a language which includes Classical Arabic,... more
This anthology is designed as an introduction to the study of Judaeo-Arabic from the cultural, philosophical and linguistic point of view. Judaeo-Arabic texts are written in Middle Arabic, a language which includes Classical Arabic, Neo-Arabic and pseudo-correct elements. For students of Arabic linguistics, it is the Neo-Arabic elements in Judaeo-Arabic which are of special importance. These Neo-Arabic elements constitute the missing link between Old Arabic and the modern dialects.
The anthology includes selections from the major works written in Judaeo-Arabic, such as the Arabic translation of the Old Testament by Saadya Gaon. Karaite literature is represented by passages from Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb b. Isḥāq al-Qirqisānī, from the lexicographical work by David b. Abraham al-Fāsī and from the Commentary on the book of Job by Yefet b. ʿAlī. Maimonides is represented, among other works, by selections from The Guide of the Perplexed. A chapter from Judah ha-Levi’s Kuzari is also included. All selections are in the Hebrew script and are provided with a critical apparatus and references to J. Blau’s Grammar of Mediaeval Judaeo-Arabic.
The anthology includes selections from the major works written in Judaeo-Arabic, such as the Arabic translation of the Old Testament by Saadya Gaon. Karaite literature is represented by passages from Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb b. Isḥāq al-Qirqisānī, from the lexicographical work by David b. Abraham al-Fāsī and from the Commentary on the book of Job by Yefet b. ʿAlī. Maimonides is represented, among other works, by selections from The Guide of the Perplexed. A chapter from Judah ha-Levi’s Kuzari is also included. All selections are in the Hebrew script and are provided with a critical apparatus and references to J. Blau’s Grammar of Mediaeval Judaeo-Arabic.
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This is a critical edition of what is probably the earliest surviving treatise in Arabic on “The Virtues of Jerusalem” (Faḍāʾil bayt al-maqdis), written by Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī, the Shāfiʿī preacher of al-Aqṣā Mosque at... more
This is a critical edition of what is probably the earliest surviving treatise in Arabic on “The Virtues of Jerusalem” (Faḍāʾil bayt al-maqdis), written by Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Wāsiṭī, the Shāfiʿī preacher of al-Aqṣā Mosque at the beginning of the 5th/11th century. Its precision in giving the chain of transmitters (isnād) of each tradition enables us to reconsider some theories concerning the sanctity of Jerusalem in Islam, the sources of its holiness, the polemics concerning its place in the hierarchy of the holy cities and the beginnings of the Faḍāʾil bayt al-maqdis literature. Each tradition was systematically compared by the editor with others cited in different treatises of this genre, most of which are still unpublished. The traditions were also examined in relation to other materials from geographic, historical and ḥadīth sources dealing with the glorification of Jerusalem.
The editor's introductions (39 pages in Arabic and 22 pages in French) deal with the religious, political and local elements which influenced Muslim attitudes regarding the place of Jerusalem, both directly and indirectly. The introductions also contain a discussion of the literary sources of the Faḍā’il bayt al-maqdis literature.
This edition is based on a manuscript that was copied or written at the time of the conquest of Jerusalem by Saladin in 583/1187.
The editor's introductions (39 pages in Arabic and 22 pages in French) deal with the religious, political and local elements which influenced Muslim attitudes regarding the place of Jerusalem, both directly and indirectly. The introductions also contain a discussion of the literary sources of the Faḍā’il bayt al-maqdis literature.
This edition is based on a manuscript that was copied or written at the time of the conquest of Jerusalem by Saladin in 583/1187.
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Kitāb ādāb al-murīdīn is unique among known Ṣūfī compositions in that it presents Ṣūfism from the standpoint of ādāb (rules of conduct). Composed by one of the four great masters of Ṣūfism bearing the nisba Suhrawardī (ca.... more
Kitāb ādāb al-murīdīn is unique among known Ṣūfī compositions in that it presents Ṣūfism from the standpoint of ādāb (rules of conduct). Composed by one of the four great masters of Ṣūfism bearing the nisba Suhrawardī (ca. 490/1097-563/1168), the book is characterized by a realistic approach to social necessities and to the moral capability of human nature. The Ṣūfī's sphere of activity, according to Abū al-Najīb, is within society. To accommodate the needs of lay members of the Ṣūfī brotherhood, the author makes prominent use of the traditional concept of rukhṣa, the relaxation of strict rules.
Kitāb ādāb al-murīdīn is a book steeped in the Ṣūfī literary tradition and contains elements found in earlier Ṣūfī classics. However, all the variegated elements have been recast by the author in his own mold. Its language is clear and simple, in accordance with its purpose as a popular manual. The large number of extant manuscripts and their varied provenance may indicate the great popularity which the book enjoyed.
Kitāb ādāb al-murīdīn is a book steeped in the Ṣūfī literary tradition and contains elements found in earlier Ṣūfī classics. However, all the variegated elements have been recast by the author in his own mold. Its language is clear and simple, in accordance with its purpose as a popular manual. The large number of extant manuscripts and their varied provenance may indicate the great popularity which the book enjoyed.
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This is an edition of two texts by Abū ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī (d. 412/1021), one of the most important Ṣūfī authors. Al-Sulamī combined thorough knowledge of tradition (ḥadīth) with the Ṣūfī heritage. He paved the way for the gradual... more
This is an edition of two texts by Abū ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī (d. 412/1021), one of the most important Ṣūfī authors. Al-Sulamī combined thorough knowledge of tradition (ḥadīth) with the Ṣūfī heritage. He paved the way for the gradual acceptance of Ṣūfism into the mainstream of Islamic thought, by endeavoring in much of his work to prove that Ṣūfism and Islam were mutually compatible.
The texts in this edition present two important aspects of al-Sulamī‟s writings. In the Jawāmi‘ adāb al-Ṣūfiyya (“A collection of Ṣūfī rules of conduct”), al-Sulamī provides us with what is apparently the first comprehensive documentation of Ṣūfī customs and practices. Most of the Jawāmi‘ consists of Ṣūfi sayings representing the views of five generations of thinkers. The subjects dealt with cover a wide range and reflect the preoccupations of Ṣūfī society.
The second work is a handbook of spiritual discipline entitled ‘Uyūb al-nafs wa-mudāwātuhā (“The defects of the soul and their remedy”). As its title suggests, the ‘Uyūb deals with one of the central motifs of Ṣūfism, the constant struggle against the nafs, or the “lower soul”. The attitudes and beliefs expressed are on the whole characteristic of the early ascetics, who regarded the conduct of the Prophet as the supreme example. In both style and content, this work occupies the middle ground between the worlds of ḥadīth, adab, and ethics. The two texts contribute not only to a better appreciation of al-Sulamī's work, but also to our understanding of a crucial phase in the history of Ṣūfism.
The texts in this edition present two important aspects of al-Sulamī‟s writings. In the Jawāmi‘ adāb al-Ṣūfiyya (“A collection of Ṣūfī rules of conduct”), al-Sulamī provides us with what is apparently the first comprehensive documentation of Ṣūfī customs and practices. Most of the Jawāmi‘ consists of Ṣūfi sayings representing the views of five generations of thinkers. The subjects dealt with cover a wide range and reflect the preoccupations of Ṣūfī society.
The second work is a handbook of spiritual discipline entitled ‘Uyūb al-nafs wa-mudāwātuhā (“The defects of the soul and their remedy”). As its title suggests, the ‘Uyūb deals with one of the central motifs of Ṣūfism, the constant struggle against the nafs, or the “lower soul”. The attitudes and beliefs expressed are on the whole characteristic of the early ascetics, who regarded the conduct of the Prophet as the supreme example. In both style and content, this work occupies the middle ground between the worlds of ḥadīth, adab, and ethics. The two texts contribute not only to a better appreciation of al-Sulamī's work, but also to our understanding of a crucial phase in the history of Ṣūfism.
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In the present Handbook of Early Middle Arabic, Professor Joshua Blau of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the undisputed dean of the study of Middle Arabic, presents a reliable and up-to-date survey, comprehensive yet concise, of the... more
In the present Handbook of Early Middle Arabic, Professor Joshua Blau of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the undisputed dean of the study of Middle Arabic, presents
a reliable and up-to-date survey, comprehensive yet concise, of the whole field.
The Handbook contains a grammatical outline of Middle Arabic structure, annotated examples of the main Middle Arabic varieties and a glossary of all words occurring in the book.
An important feature of the book is the variety of texts presented. These cover (a) Muslim, (b) Christian and (c) Jewish Middle Arabic, each represented by typical or noteworthy examples, some of them published here for the first time.
Particularly signif icant are the Jewish texts, Rabbanite and Karaite, which have been transmitted in different
orthographical modes. Standard Judaeo-Arabic orthography is represented by samples from Saadia Gaon, Qirqisānī and David b. Abraham al-Fāsī. Linguistically more revealing are Judaeo-Arabic writings in the earlier phonetic orthography;
these are exemplified in the Handbook by selected texts on papyrus, by specimens of a translation of Halakhot Pesuqot
and a translation of the Biblical book of Proverbs. In the Appendix, two examples of vocalized Middle Arabic are given: one written in Coptic characters, the other a Judaeo-Arabic letter from the Cairo Geniza.
Professor Blau's Handbook will enable all Arabists to gain immediate access to the world of Middle Arabic, guided in their journey by the leading authority in the field. On the one hand, scholars familiar only with the classical, literary tongue will be able to see in what directions the language subsequently developed; on the other hand, Arabic dialectologists will be afforded a valuable glimpse into the history of modern colloquial forms. The Handbook will thus be a valuable tool for all who are concerned with the history of the Arabic tongue.
a reliable and up-to-date survey, comprehensive yet concise, of the whole field.
The Handbook contains a grammatical outline of Middle Arabic structure, annotated examples of the main Middle Arabic varieties and a glossary of all words occurring in the book.
An important feature of the book is the variety of texts presented. These cover (a) Muslim, (b) Christian and (c) Jewish Middle Arabic, each represented by typical or noteworthy examples, some of them published here for the first time.
Particularly signif icant are the Jewish texts, Rabbanite and Karaite, which have been transmitted in different
orthographical modes. Standard Judaeo-Arabic orthography is represented by samples from Saadia Gaon, Qirqisānī and David b. Abraham al-Fāsī. Linguistically more revealing are Judaeo-Arabic writings in the earlier phonetic orthography;
these are exemplified in the Handbook by selected texts on papyrus, by specimens of a translation of Halakhot Pesuqot
and a translation of the Biblical book of Proverbs. In the Appendix, two examples of vocalized Middle Arabic are given: one written in Coptic characters, the other a Judaeo-Arabic letter from the Cairo Geniza.
Professor Blau's Handbook will enable all Arabists to gain immediate access to the world of Middle Arabic, guided in their journey by the leading authority in the field. On the one hand, scholars familiar only with the classical, literary tongue will be able to see in what directions the language subsequently developed; on the other hand, Arabic dialectologists will be afforded a valuable glimpse into the history of modern colloquial forms. The Handbook will thus be a valuable tool for all who are concerned with the history of the Arabic tongue.
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Black Banners from the East tells the story of the first revolution in Islam which caused not merely the change of dynasties, but the end of the formative period of Islamic civilization. It is the story of a messianic movement striving... more
Black Banners from the East tells the story of the first revolution in Islam which caused not merely the change of dynasties, but the end of the formative period of Islamic civilization. It is the story of a messianic movement striving and succeeding in establishing the throne of its Caliph-Messiah. The two volumes of Black banners from the East describe the two stages of the revolution from its early Shī‘ī roots to the major military victories over the Umayyad army and the establishment of the ‘Abbāsid state. While the two volumes form a coherent study, each one of them is independent and can be read on its own.
Volume II, Revolt – the social and military aspects of the ‘Abbāsid revolution, deals with the revolt itself and with it social and military aspects. It describes the rather short but decisive phase of the change that an ideological movement undergoes in order to be able to achieve its political Goal - capturing the government. The book follows step by step the emergence of the Hāshimiyyah-‘Abbāsiyyah from hiding into the open political and military arena, under the leadership of Abū Muslim, the character of the army it created, its social origins, its structure and the institutions which supported it. The success of the ‘Abbāsī movement relied completely on the special features of this military power whose creation revolutionized, as a by-product, the whole military system in Islam.
Volume II, Revolt – the social and military aspects of the ‘Abbāsid revolution, deals with the revolt itself and with it social and military aspects. It describes the rather short but decisive phase of the change that an ideological movement undergoes in order to be able to achieve its political Goal - capturing the government. The book follows step by step the emergence of the Hāshimiyyah-‘Abbāsiyyah from hiding into the open political and military arena, under the leadership of Abū Muslim, the character of the army it created, its social origins, its structure and the institutions which supported it. The success of the ‘Abbāsī movement relied completely on the special features of this military power whose creation revolutionized, as a by-product, the whole military system in Islam.
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Military History, Mamluk Studies, Islamic Studies, History of Caliphates, Abbasid History, and 19 moreUmayyads (Islamic History), Umayyad History, Abbasids (Islamic History), Medieval Military History, Umayyad and Abbasid History, Umayyads, Succession to the Caliphate, History of the Islamic Middle east, Turks in Abbasid armies, Khurasanis in Abbasid armies, Islamic military history, Da'wah Studies, history of the middle East, Caliphate, Umayyad Caliphate, Islamic governance, Ummayyad Caliphate, Islamic military, and Military History of the Islamic World
This is the first attempt to study an Arabian tribe in monograph form. The book is a history of the Banū Sulaym during the transition period from Jāhiliyya to Islam. It focuses on Sulaym's links with the Prophet Muhammad and with the... more
This is the first attempt to study an Arabian tribe in monograph form. The book is a history of the Banū Sulaym during the transition period from Jāhiliyya to Islam. It focuses on Sulaym's links with the Prophet Muhammad and with the people of Mecca and Medina. The book expands the rather meager evidence found about them in Islamic historiography by exploring other types of literature, such as geography,
genealogy and biography.
It contributes to a better understanding of the Arabian environment in which Islam emerged.
genealogy and biography.
It contributes to a better understanding of the Arabian environment in which Islam emerged.
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This book is devoted to the social and economic history of the western Anatolian city of Bursa in the 17th century. During this period, Bursa was a major Middle Eastern center. The study examines the economic activity of the city... more
This book is devoted to the social and economic history of the western Anatolian city of Bursa in the 17th century. During this period, Bursa was a major Middle Eastern center. The study examines the economic activity of the city (commerce, crafts and banking) and attempts to evaluate the role of the
waqf in this sphere.The author has based himself primarily on legal documents preserved in the city's archives.
A major concern of this book is whether a decline occurred in the Ottoman Empire at this time. The author concludes that this is primarily true for the end of the century, but that this decline was cyclical rather than long-term. The author also points out that the gap between East and West was not as great as is often assumed.
waqf in this sphere.The author has based himself primarily on legal documents preserved in the city's archives.
A major concern of this book is whether a decline occurred in the Ottoman Empire at this time. The author concludes that this is primarily true for the end of the century, but that this decline was cyclical rather than long-term. The author also points out that the gap between East and West was not as great as is often assumed.
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Black Banners from the East tells the story of the first revolution in Islam which caused not merely the change of dynasties, but the end of the formative period of Islamic civilization. It is the story of a messianic movement striving... more
Black Banners from the East tells the story of the first revolution in Islam which caused not merely the change of dynasties, but the end of the formative period of Islamic civilization. It is the story of a messianic movement striving and succeeding in establishing the throne of its Caliph-Messiah. The two volumes of Black banners from the East describe the two stages of the revolution from its early Shī‘ī roots to the major military victories over the Umayyad army and the establishment of the ‘Abbāsid state. While the two volumes form a coherent study, each one of them is independent and can be read on its own.
Volume I, The establishment of the ‘Abbāsid state - Incubation of a revolt, describes the clandestine activity of the movement that began after the collapse of al-Mukhtār's venture. It describes the methods, ideology, and system of activity which the members of the movement followed in order to prepare the hearts and minds and create the wide popular support for its goals. The mechanism of the incubation of this revolt is a fascinating story, describing in detail the development of a pure Shī’ī movement, the Hāshimiyya, into an ‘Abbāsī propaganda machine which prepared the revolt.
Volume I, The establishment of the ‘Abbāsid state - Incubation of a revolt, describes the clandestine activity of the movement that began after the collapse of al-Mukhtār's venture. It describes the methods, ideology, and system of activity which the members of the movement followed in order to prepare the hearts and minds and create the wide popular support for its goals. The mechanism of the incubation of this revolt is a fascinating story, describing in detail the development of a pure Shī’ī movement, the Hāshimiyya, into an ‘Abbāsī propaganda machine which prepared the revolt.
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Medieval Shi'ism, Islamic Studies, Shi'ism, History of Caliphates, Abbasid History, and 24 moreUmayyads (Islamic History), Da'wah, Umayyad History, Abbasids (Islamic History), History of Shi'ism, Twelver Shi'ism, Umayyad and Abbasid History, Imams, Shi'a Islam, Abbasid provinces, History of the Islamic Middle east, History of Khurasan (Afghanistan, Iran and Central Asia), Early Imamate Shi'ism, Khurasanis in Abbasid armies, history of the middle East, Shi'a Study, Caliphate, Abbasid Studies, Sunni-Shi'i Relations, Shi'a, Al Mukhtar, Shi'ite Islam, Shi'i Studies, and History of Shi'a Islam
"Studies in early Ismā‘īlism" by Samuel Miklos Stern (1920-1969) treats major aspects of the history and doctrine of Ismā‘īlī Shī‘ism, one of Stern's main fields of research. Basing himself largely on previously untapped sources, Stern... more
"Studies in early Ismā‘īlism" by Samuel Miklos Stern (1920-1969) treats major aspects of the history and doctrine of Ismā‘īlī Shī‘ism, one of Stern's main fields of research. Basing himself largely on previously untapped sources, Stern
deals with central questions such as the dating and authorsh
ip of the Epistles of Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ, and the historical and doctrinal affinity between the Qarmatians of Bahrayn and the Fātimīs, the two prevailing Ismā‘īlī groups in the formative period of Ismā‘īlism.
The chapter on Abū Hātim al-Rāzī's analysis of Persian religions is an exemplary study in comparative religion.
It shows how Abū Hātim and other leading Ismā‘īlī philosophers accommodated sects like the Zoroastrians and Sābians to the Ismā‘īlī system, and explores their attitude to religious leaders like Mazdak, Mānī, Daysān and Zoroaster.
Another outstanding study included in the book - Abū 'l-Qāsim al-Bustī and his refutation of Ismā‘īlism - impressively demonstrates how a polemical treatise
can also be used as a source for the reconstruction of early
Ismā‘īlī history. This book, a unique treasure trove of erudition, will be of great interest to students of medieval Muslim doctrine, philosophy and history.
The late Samuel Stern was a senior research fellow of All Souls' College and lecturer in the History of Islamic Civilization at Oxford University.
deals with central questions such as the dating and authorsh
ip of the Epistles of Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ, and the historical and doctrinal affinity between the Qarmatians of Bahrayn and the Fātimīs, the two prevailing Ismā‘īlī groups in the formative period of Ismā‘īlism.
The chapter on Abū Hātim al-Rāzī's analysis of Persian religions is an exemplary study in comparative religion.
It shows how Abū Hātim and other leading Ismā‘īlī philosophers accommodated sects like the Zoroastrians and Sābians to the Ismā‘īlī system, and explores their attitude to religious leaders like Mazdak, Mānī, Daysān and Zoroaster.
Another outstanding study included in the book - Abū 'l-Qāsim al-Bustī and his refutation of Ismā‘īlism - impressively demonstrates how a polemical treatise
can also be used as a source for the reconstruction of early
Ismā‘īlī history. This book, a unique treasure trove of erudition, will be of great interest to students of medieval Muslim doctrine, philosophy and history.
The late Samuel Stern was a senior research fellow of All Souls' College and lecturer in the History of Islamic Civilization at Oxford University.
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This tribute to the memory of Gaston Wiet, who died in 1971, consists of 28 articles which, with four exceptions, treat aspects of Islamic civilization: its historical developments, its expression in art, architecture, and literature; its... more
This tribute to the memory of Gaston Wiet, who died in 1971, consists of 28 articles which, with four exceptions, treat aspects of Islamic civilization: its historical developments, its expression in art, architecture, and literature; its manifestations as a religion in theory and practice. Three of the four exceptions deal with Sasanian studies, the fourth is devoted to the Crusades.
The twenty-four articles concerning Islamic civilization were intended to be, and are, as diverse and wide in scope as Wiet's own interests and publications. In terms of time they stretch from the Sasanian period until the present day.
The twenty-four articles concerning Islamic civilization were intended to be, and are, as diverse and wide in scope as Wiet's own interests and publications. In terms of time they stretch from the Sasanian period until the present day.
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Arabic Literature, Islamic Archaeology, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Crusades, Mamluk Studies, and 12 moreIslamic Art, Islamic Studies, Islamic' Architecture, History of Crusades, Mamluk History, Sasanian History, Early and Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture, Sasanian art, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Sasanian Archaeology, Islamic art and architecture, and Arabic Language and Literature
A collection of articles in English, French, and Hebrew in memory of Prof. David Hartwig (Zvi) Baneth (1893-1973).
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חקרי עבר וערב מוגשים ליהושע בלאו על ידי חבריו ותלמידיו במלאות לו שבעים
Hebrew and Arabic Studies In honor of Joshua Blau (In Hebrew)
Presented by friends and students on the occasion of his seventieth birthday
Hebrew and Arabic Studies In honor of Joshua Blau (In Hebrew)
Presented by friends and students on the occasion of his seventieth birthday
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Jewish Studies, Semitic languages, Hebrew Language, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, and 11 moreIslamic Studies, Comparative Semitics, Judeo-Arabic, Biblical Hebrew (Languages And Linguistics), Ancient Hebrew (Languages And Linguistics), Semitic Philology, Karaites, Arabic Linguistics, Judaeo-Arabic, Judeo-Arabic Language and Linguistics, and Arabic Language and Literature
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A review of John Kelsay. Arguing the Just War in Islam (Harvard University Press, 2007)
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Book Reviews and Jihad
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from JSAI 9 (1987): 316-349
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Review of Roberta Casagrande-Kim, Samuel Thrope and Raquel Ukeles, eds. Romance and reason. Islamic transformations of the classical past
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Review of Christian C. Sahner. Christian martyrs under Islam: religious violence and the making of the Muslim world
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Review of Claus V. Pedersen. Rise of the Persian novel: from the Constitutional Revolution to Reza Shah 1910-1927
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Reviewed by Heather Sharkey
Published in JSAI 40 (2013): 429-433
Published in JSAI 40 (2013): 429-433
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Published in JSAI 39 (2012): 501-510
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Reviewed by Arin Salamah-Qudsi
Published in JSAI 39 (2012): 479-485
Published in JSAI 39 (2012): 479-485
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Reviewed by Rachel Milstein
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Reviewed by Frank H. Stewart
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Reviewed by Rudolf Sellheim, published in "Oriens", Volume 36, Issue 1, pp. 327 –331.
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Arabic Literature, Arabic Poetry, Pre Islamic Poetry, Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, and 27 moreComparative Semitic Linguistics, Arabic, Islamic Studies, Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature, Classical Arabic Poetry, Islamic History, Early Islam, Comparative Semitics, Medieval Islamic History, Semitic Linguistics, Early Islamic History, Ancient Arabs, Arabic Language, Arabic Manuscripts, Oriental Studies, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Semitic Philology, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Pre-Islamic Arabia, Arabic poetics, Ancient South Arabia, Arabic didactic poetry, Calssical Arabic Poetry, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Ancient Arabia, Arabic philology, and Pre Islamic Period
Reviewed by Tilman Seidensticker,
Published in "Der Islam" 81 (2004): 152-153
Published in "Der Islam" 81 (2004): 152-153
Reviewed by Claude Gilliot, published in "Arabica", Volume 54, Issue 2, pp. 284 –286.
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Arabic Literature, Arabic Poetry, Pre Islamic Poetry, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Arabic, and 27 moreLiterary Theory, Islamic Studies, Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature, Classical Arabic Poetry, Arabic Syntax, Arabic Historiography (History), Arabic Rhetoric, Ancient Arabs, Arabic Language, Arabic Manuscripts, Oriental Studies, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Pre-Islamic Arabia, Classical Arabic Literature, Arabic lingustics and literary, Arab Spring (Arab Revolts), Islamic preachers, Ancient South Arabia, Early and Classical Islamic History, Calssical Arabic Poetry, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Ancient Arabia, Arabic philology, Arabic Language and Literature, Classical Islam, and Pre Islamic Period
Reviewed by F. De Jong, published in "Journal of Semitic Studies", 22 no. 2 Aut. 1977, p 235-236.
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Religion, Comparative Religion, Arabic Literature, History of Religion, Arabic Language and Linguistics, and 27 moreMedieval Studies, Arabic, Asceticism, Medieval Islam, History of Religions, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Islamic History, Islam, History of Religion (Medieval Studies), Religious Practice, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Tariqa Sufism, Sufism in the Formative Period, Religious Studies, Arabic Manuscripts, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Islamic Manuscripts, Classical Arabic Literature, Early Medieval Monasticism, Sufisme, Early Sufism, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Classical Islam, Medieval Religious Practice, and Religious and Magical Practices
Reviewed by D. P. Brewster, published in "The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland", No. 1 (1981), p. 79.
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Comparative Religion, Arabic Literature, Medieval History, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, and 27 moreAsceticism, Monastic Studies, Medieval Islam, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Arabic Philosophy, History of Religion (Medieval Studies), Religious congregations and monastic orders, Monasticism, Medieval Islamic History, Tariqa Sufism, History of Monasticism, Sufism in the Formative Period, Religious Studies, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Islamic Manuscripts, Classical Arabic Literature, Early Medieval Monasticism, Early and Classical Islamic History, Sufisme, Early Sufism, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Early Islamic Asceticism and Sufism, Classical Islam, Asceticism (Zuhd) In Early Islam, and Early Asceticism and Monasticism
Reviewed by R. W. J. Austin, published in "Journal of Semitic Studies", 26 no. 2 Aut. 1981, pp. 333-334.
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Comparative Religion, Arabic Literature, Medieval History, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, and 27 moreAsceticism, Medieval Islam, Mysticism, Early Medieval History, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Comparative Mysticism, Medieval Islamic History, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Tariqa Sufism, Islamic Mysticism, Medieval Mysticism, Sufism in the Formative Period, Religious Studies, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Sufism (mysticism), Shi'ism and Islamic eschatology, Islamic Manuscripts, Classical Arabic Literature, Early and Classical Islamic History, Sufisme, Early Sufism, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Early Islamic Asceticism and Sufism, Classical Islam, Early Islamic Mysticism, and Sufi Orders
Reviewed by Hadia Dajani-Shakeel, published in "The Muslim World", 72 no. 3 - 4 Jul. - Oct. 1982, pp. 265-266.
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Comparative Religion, Arabic Literature, Medieval History, Umayyad Literature, Arabic Language and Linguistics, and 27 moreMedieval Studies, Pilgrimage, Medieval Islam, Islamic Studies, History of the Islamic World, Islamic History, Umayyads (Islamic History), Medieval Islamic History, Umayyad History, History of Islamic Civilization, Pilgrimage and travel to the Holy Land, Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Religious Studies, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Islamic Manuscripts, Classical Arabic Literature, Islamic Historiography, Umayyads, Early and Classical Islamic History, History of Jerusalem, Islamic Literature, History of sanctity, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Classical Islam, and Jerusalem in Early Islam
Reviewed by M. J. L. Young, published in "The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland", No. 1 (1986), pp.
102-103.
102-103.
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Islamic Law, Arabic Literature, Medieval History, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, and 27 moreMamluk Studies, Medieval Islam, Islamic Studies, Islamic History, Mamluk History, Medieval Islamic History, Religious History, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Islamic Jurisprudence, Mamluks (Islamic History), Religious Studies, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Islamic Manuscripts, Islamic dress, Islamic Fashion, Classical Arabic Literature, Medieval Economic and Social History, The Shafi'i school of law, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Mamluk Literature, The Mamluk Sultanate, Islamic Fashion and Clothing, Arabic Language and Literature, Mamluk historiography, Waqf Studies: Concept, Islamic law and jurisprudence, and Islamic Fashion History
Reviewed by H. T. Norris, published in "The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland", No. 1 (1986), pp. 100-101.
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Comparative Religion, Arabic Literature, Abbasid Literature, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, and 27 moreAsceticism, Apocalypticism, Medieval Islam, Eschatology and Apocalypticism, Apocalypticism In Literature, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Abbasid History, Abbasid Intellectual History, Religious Practice, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Islamic Mysticism, Abbasids (Islamic History), Sufism in the Formative Period, Religious Studies, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Islamic Manuscripts, Classical Arabic Literature, Arabistik, Early Sufism, Zuhd (renunciation) Vs. Mysticism, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Music in Islamic contexts, Arabic Language and Literature, Asceticism (Zuhd) In Early Islam, Medieval Religious Practice, and Religious and Magical Practices
Reviewed by Mawil lzzi-Dien, published in "Journal of Islamic Studies", 6 no. 2 Jul. 1995, pp. 259-260.
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Philology, Arabic Literature, Medieval History, Umayyad Literature, Middle East Studies, and 27 moreMiddle East History, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Medieval Islam, Early Medieval History, Middle Eastern History, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, History of Caliphates, History of the Islamic World, Islamic History, Umayyads (Islamic History), Medieval Islamic History, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Umayyad History, History of Islamic Civilization, Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Islamic Manuscripts, Umayyad and Abbasid History, Classical Arabic Literature, Islamic Historiography, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, and Classical Islam
Reviewed by Ramzi Baalbaki, published in "Die Welt des Islams", Volume 35, Issue 1, pp. 131 –132.
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Arabic Literature, Medieval History, Umayyad Literature, Middle East Studies, Arabic Language and Linguistics, and 27 moreMedieval Studies, Medieval Islam, Early Medieval History, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, History of Caliphates, History of the Islamic World, Islamic History, Umayyads (Islamic History), Medieval Islamic History, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Arabic Historiography (History), Umayyad History, History of Islamic Civilization, Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Arabic Manuscripts, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Islamic Manuscripts, Umayyad and Abbasid History, Classical Arabic Literature, Islamic Historiography, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Umayyads, Caliphate, Arabic and Islamic Studies, and Arabic Language and Literature
Book notes, "Philosophy East & West", Aug 97, Vol. 47, Issue 2.
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Comparative Religion, Intellectual History, Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, and 27 moreTranslation Studies, Medieval Literature, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Islamic Philosophy, Medieval Islam, Socrates, Islamic Studies, History of the Islamic World, Islamic History, Arabic translation, Medieval Islamic History, Interreligious Dialogue, Islamic Thought & Philosophy, Philosophy and Thought in Islamic Science, Islamic Intellectual History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Religious Studies, Islamic Theology, Intellectual History - Islamic Education, Muslim Scholars and the Challenges of Globalization, Classical Greek Philosophy, Graeco-Arabic translation movement, Arabic translation and tradition of Greek science and philosophy, spec. Plato, Translation of classical and medieval texts in modern languages, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Graeco-Arabica, and Representations of Socrates
Reviewed by Norman Calder, published in "Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London", Vol. 50,
No. 1 (1987), pp. 133-134.
No. 1 (1987), pp. 133-134.
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Comparative Religion, Arabic Literature, Theology, Middle East Studies, Arabic Language and Linguistics, and 27 moreZoroastrianism, Medieval Theology, Islamic Philosophy, Medieval Islam, Medieval Shi'ism, Islamic Studies, Shi'ism, Islamic History, History of Religion (Medieval Studies), Medieval Islamic History, Ismailism, Ismaili thought, Islamic Thought & Philosophy, Manichaeism, Islamic Intellectual History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Religious Studies, Islamic Theology, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Islamic Manuscripts, Islamic philosophy and theology, Intellectual history of early Islam, Shiia, esp. Ismailis, Ikhwan al-Safa, History of Islamic Sects, Ismaili studies, Arabic and Islamic Studies, and Muslim philosophy and thought
Reviewed by Azim A. Nanji, published in "Journal of the American Oriental Society", Vol. 107, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1987), pp. 741-743.
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Zoroastrianism, Medieval Shi'ism, Islamic Studies, Shi'ism, Fatimids, and 27 moreIsmailism, Ismaili thought, Manichaeism, History of Shi'ism, Islamic sects, Twelver Shi'ism, Ismailiya, Greek influence on medieval Ismaili thought, Sufism (mysticism), Shi'ism and Islamic eschatology, Shi'ism: Twelver and Isma'ili, Intellectual history of early Islam, Shiia, esp. Ismailis, Ikhwan al-Safa, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, History of Islamic Sects, Classifications of Islamic Theological Sects, Early Imamate Shi'ism, Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, Ismaili studies, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Islamic Sectarianism, Isma'ili Shi'i Traditions, Shi'ite Islam, Shi'i Studies, Ismaʿilism, Islamic Intellectual History and Sects, Medieval Ismailism, and Nizari Ismailite
Reviewed by Fred M. Donner, published in "Middle East Studies Association Bulletin", Vol. 20, No. 1 (July 1986), pp. 73-75.
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Military History, Medieval History, Abbasid Literature, Umayyad Literature, Medieval Studies, and 27 moreRevolutions, Medieval Islam, Early Medieval History, Islamic Studies, Shi'ism, Intelligence and Espionage, Abbasid History, Abbasid Intellectual History, History of the Islamic World, Islamic History, Umayyads (Islamic History), Social movements and revolution, Medieval Islamic History, Umayyad History, History of Islamic Civilization, Abbasids (Islamic History), Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, History of Secret Societies, Medieval Military History, Revolution, Umayyad and Abbasid History, Islamic Historiography, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Umayyads, Khurasanis in Abbasid armies, and Arabic and Islamic Studies
Reviewed by Patricia Crone, published in "Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies", University of London, Vol. 50,
No. 1 (1987), pp. 134-136.
No. 1 (1987), pp. 134-136.
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Military History, Medieval History, Abbasid Literature, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, and 27 moreRevolutions, Medieval Islam, Early Medieval History, Islamic Studies, Shi'ism, Intelligence and Espionage, History of Caliphates, Abbasid History, History of the Islamic World, Islamic History, Umayyads (Islamic History), Social movements and revolution, Da'wah, Medieval Islamic History, Umayyad History, History of Islamic Civilization, Abbasids (Islamic History), Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, History of Secret Societies, Medieval Military History, Revolution, Umayyad and Abbasid History, Islamic Historiography, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Arabic and Islamic Studies, and Islamic Written Sources (Manuscripts
Reviewed by W. Madelung, published in "Journal of Near Eastern Studies", Vol. 48, No. 1 (Jan., 1989), pp. 70-72.
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Military History, Medieval History, Abbasid Literature, Umayyad Literature, Middle East Studies, and 27 moreArabic Language and Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Revolutions, Medieval Islam, Early Medieval History, Islamic Studies, Shi'ism, Abbasid History, Abbasid Intellectual History, History of the Islamic World, Islamic History, Umayyads (Islamic History), Social movements and revolution, Medieval Islamic History, Umayyad History, History of Islamic Civilization, Abbasids (Islamic History), Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Medieval Military History, Revolution, Umayyad and Abbasid History, Islamic Historiography, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Turks in Abbasid armies, Khurasanis in Abbasid armies, and Arabic and Islamic Studies
Reviewed by Elton L. Daniel, published in "International Journal of Middle East Studies", Vol. 21, No. 4 (Nov., 1989), pp. 578-583.
Research Interests:
Military History, Medieval History, Middle East Studies, Middle East History, Medieval Studies, and 27 moreMedieval Islam, Early Medieval History, Islamic Studies, Shi'ism, Middle Eastern Studies, History of Caliphates, Abbasid History, History of the Islamic World, Islamic History, Umayyads (Islamic History), History of Religion (Medieval Studies), Medieval Islamic History, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Umayyad History, History of Islamic Civilization, Abbasids (Islamic History), Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Medieval Military History, Twelver Shi'ism, Umayyad and Abbasid History, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, History of Islamic Sects, History of Khurasan (Afghanistan, Iran and Central Asia), Khurasanis in Abbasid armies, Arabic and Islamic Studies, and Secret Society In the Middle Ages
Reviewed by V. L. Ménage, published in "Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies", University of London, Vol. 53,
No. 1 (1990), pp. 143-145.
No. 1 (1990), pp. 143-145.
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Economic History, Islamic Economics, Ottoman History, Early Modern History, Anatolian Studies, and 27 moreMiddle East Studies, Middle East History, Anatolian History, Middle Eastern History, Ottoman Studies, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Islamic Studies, Ottoman Empire, Middle Eastern Studies, Early modern Ottoman History, Ottoman Historiography, Ottoman-Habsburg relations, Social History, Late Ottoman Period, Ottoman-Turkish Westernization, Early Modern economic and social history, Comparative study of the Ottoman, habsburg, and Romanov Empires, Islamic Economics and Finance, Economic History of Ottoman Empire, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Late Ottoman History, History of the Ottoman Empire, Economic and Social History, Demography of the Ottoman Empire, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Tanzimat reforms Ottoman Empire, and Ottoman Turkish historical writing
Reviewed by Fatma Muge Gocek, published in "International Journal of Middle East Studies", Vol. 22, No. 1 (Feb., 1990), pp. 125-126.
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Economic History, Islamic Economics, Ottoman History, Early Modern History, Anatolian Studies, and 27 moreMiddle East Studies, Middle East History, Anatolian History, Middle Eastern History, Ottoman Studies, Turkish and Middle East Studies, Turkish History, Islamic Studies, Ottoman Empire, Middle Eastern Studies, Early modern Ottoman History, Ottoman Historiography, Interconfessional Relations in the Ottoman Empire, Social History, Late Ottoman Period, Ottoman-Turkish Westernization, Early Modern economic and social history, Comparative study of the Ottoman, habsburg, and Romanov Empires, Economic History of Ottoman Empire, Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Late Ottoman History, History of the Ottoman Empire, Demography of the Ottoman Empire, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, European Diplomacy and Ottoman Empire, Tanzimat reforms Ottoman Empire, and Ottoman Turkish historical writing
Reviewed by G.R. Hawting,
Published in BSOAS 54 (1991): 359-362
Published in BSOAS 54 (1991): 359-362
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Reviewed by Fred M. Donner, published in "Journal of the American Oriental Society", Vol. 111, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1991), pp. 600-601.
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Arabic Literature, Medieval History, Middle East Studies, Middle East History, Arabic Language and Linguistics, and 27 moreMedieval Studies, Medieval Islam, Early Medieval History, Middle Eastern History, Late Antiquity, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature, Classical Arabic Poetry, Classical Arabic Prose Literature, Islamic History, Early Islam, Medieval Islamic History, History of Islamic Civilization, Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Early Islamic Historiography, Tribal studies, Arabian Peninsula in Antiquity, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Pre-Islamic Arabia, Classical Arabic Literature, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Early and Classical Islamic History, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, and Pre Islamic Period
Reviewed by Reinhard Eisener, published in "Die Welt des Islams" 32 (1992), pp. 147-148.
Research Interests:
Arabic Literature, Middle East Studies, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Arabic, Middle Eastern History, and 27 moreIslamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature, Classical Arabic Prose Literature, History of the Islamic World, Islamic History, Medieval Islamic History, Arabic Historiography (History), History of Islamic Civilization, Early Islamic History, Ancient Arabs, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Tribal studies, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Quranic and Islamic Studies, Conversion to Islam, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Pre-Islamic Arabia, Classical Arabic Literature, Jāhiliyya, Arab Tribes, Islamic Historiography, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, and Pre Islamic Period
Reviewed by Elton L. Daniel, published in Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 117, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1997), pp. 542-548.
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Military History, Medieval History, Middle East Studies, Medieval Studies, Mamluk Studies, and 27 moreMedieval Islam, Early Medieval History, Middle Eastern History, Islamic Studies, Shi'ism, Middle Eastern Studies, Abbasid History, History of the Islamic World, Islamic History, Umayyads (Islamic History), Medieval Islamic History, Umayyad History, History of Islamic Civilization, Abbasids (Islamic History), Early Islamic History, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Medieval Military History, Umayyad and Abbasid History, Islamic Historiography, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, Abbasid revolution, History of Islamic Sects, History of Khurasan (Afghanistan, Iran and Central Asia), Turks in Abbasid armies, Khurasanis in Abbasid armies, history of the middle East, and Arabic and Islamic Studies
Reviewed by Pierre Larcher,
Published in Arabica 50 (2003): 547-553
Published in Arabica 50 (2003): 547-553
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Reviewed by Sophie Kessler-Mesguich, published in "Revue des études juives", 163 no. 3 - 4 Jul. - Dec. 2004, p 554-556.
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Arabic Literature, Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, Arabic, and 27 moreIslamic Studies, Middle Arabic, Middle and Mixed Arabic, Comparative Semitics, Judeo-Arabic, Semitic Languages (Languages And Linguistics), Semitic Linguistics, Arabic Language, Judæo-Arabic and Judæo-Persian Literature, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Cairo Genizah, Medieval Jewish-Muslim Encounters, Judeo-arabic manuscripts regarding Islam, Polemics of Jewish Authors against Islam, Semitic Philology, Arabic Linguistics, Judeo Arabic, Semitics, Judeo-Arabic Studies, Judeo-Arabic Literature and Culture, Judeo-Arabic Manuscripts, Judaeo-Arabic, Judeo-Arabic Language and Linguistics, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Christian Arabic Literature, Judaeo Arabic Literature, Judeo Arabic Literature, and Judaeo Arabic
Reviewed by M. G. Carter, published in "Journal of Islamic Studies", 10 no. 3 Sep. 1999, p 329-331.
Research Interests:
Arabic Literature, Arabic Poetry, Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, and 27 moreArabic, Arabic Sociolinguistics, Islamic Studies, Arabic Dialects, Arab Grammarians, Arabic Syntax, Comparative Semitics, Modern Arabic Literature, Semitic Languages (Languages And Linguistics), Arabic Rhetoric, Arabic Language, Arabic Dialectology, Arabic language and dialects, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Semitic Philology, Arabic Grammar, Arabic Linguistics and Dialectology, Arabic Sociolinguistics, Arabic Morpho-Syntax, Arabic Grammatical Theory, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Grammatical Tradition, Arabic Language and Literature, Arabic Grammarians, Arabic Grammar Concept, Grammatical Terminology Arabic, History of Arabic Grammar, and The Syntax of Spoken Arabic
Reviewed by Alan S. Kaye,
Published in "Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies" 62 ii (1999): 330-331
Published in "Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies" 62 ii (1999): 330-331
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Reviewed by Jonathan Owens, published in "Journal of Semitic Studies", 46 no. 2 Aut. 2001, p 364-366.
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Arabic Literature, Arabic Poetry, Semitic languages, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, and 22 moreArabic, Arabic Sociolinguistics, Islamic Studies, Arabic Dialects, Arabic Syntax, Comparative Semitics, Modern Arabic Literature, Semitic Languages (Languages And Linguistics), Semitic Linguistics, Arabic Rhetoric, Arabic Language, Arabic Manuscripts, Arabic Dialectology, Arabic language and dialects, Semitic Philology, Arabic Linguistics, Semitics, Arabic Linguistics and Dialectology, Arabic Dialects Contact, Cross-dialectal Arabic, Arabic and Islamic Studies, and Arabic Language and Literature
Reviewed by Pierre Larcher, published in Arabica, Volume 49, Issue 2, pp. 255 –258.
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Arabic Literature, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Comparative Semitic Linguistics, Arabic, Islamic Studies, and 17 moreArabic Dialects, Arab Grammarians, Arabic Syntax, Comparative Semitics, Arabic Language, Arabic Dialectology, Arabic language and dialects, Arabic Linguistics, Semitics, Arabic Grammar, Arabic Linguistics and Dialectology, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Grammatical Tradition, Arabic Language and Literature, Arabic Grammarians, Arabic Grammar Concept, and History of Arabic Grammar
Reviewed by Fischer Wolfdietrich,
Published in "Der Islam" 79 i (2002): 192-195
Published in "Der Islam" 79 i (2002): 192-195
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Reviewed by Brannon Wheeler, published in "Comparative Islamic Studies", Jun 2005, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p 111-113.
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Arabic Language and Linguistics, Apocalypticism, Eschatology and Apocalypticism, Islamic Studies, History of Caliphates, and 20 moreByzantine History, Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature, Islamic History, Early Islam, Early Islamic History, Origins of Islam, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Early Islamic Historiography, Arabic Language, Linguistics and Literature, Quranic and Islamic Studies, History of Pre-Islamic Arabia, Pre-Islamic Arabia, Methodological approaches in the study of early Islam, Early and Classical Islamic History, Biography of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic and Islamic Studies, sociology of religion, Quranic Studies, Caliphate, Arabic Language and Literature, Pre Islamic Period, and Rashidun Caliphate
Reviewed by Jaakko Hameen-Anttila,
Published in "Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations"
17/2 (2006): 239–262
Published in "Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations"
17/2 (2006): 239–262
Reviewed by Joseph Van Ess,
Published in "Journal of Semitic Studies" 52.1 (2007): 170-171
Published in "Journal of Semitic Studies" 52.1 (2007): 170-171
Reviewed by Devin J. Stewart,
Published in "International Journal of Middle East Studies" 41 (2009): 321-322
Published in "International Journal of Middle East Studies" 41 (2009): 321-322
Reviewed by Bertold Spuler, published in "Der Islam", Feb. 1979, Vol. 56 Issue 1, pp. 198-199.
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Arabic Literature, Islamic Archaeology, Arabic Poetry, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Crusades, and 27 moreMamluk Studies, Medieval Islam, Islamic Art, Ayyubid history, Byzantine Studies, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Islamic' Architecture, History of Crusades, Abbasid History, Umayyads (Islamic History), Mamluk History, Early Islam, Sasanian History, Islam in India, Early Islamic Archaeology, Early and Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture, Pre-Islamic Iran, Pre-Islamic Persian History, Early Islamic History, Sasanian art, Islamic Reformism, Sasanian Archaeology, Islamic art and architecture, Early and Classical Islamic History, Arabic and Islamic Studies, and Religious and Magical Practices
Reviewed by G. M. Wickens, published in "Journal of Semitic Studies", 25 no. 1 Spr. 1980, pp. 147-148.
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Arabic Literature, Islamic Archaeology, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Mamluk Studies, Islamic Art, and 24 moreByzantine Studies, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Islamic' Architecture, History of Crusades, Islamic Numismatics, Islamic History, Mamluk History, Sasanian History, Religious Practice, Medieval Islamic History, Modern Arabic Literature, Early and Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture, Sasanian art, Islamic History and Muslim Civilization, Islamic art history, Sasanian Archaeology, Islamic architecture, Islamic art and architecture, Islamic art and archaeology, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medieval Religious Practice, and Religious and Magical Practices
Reviewed by R. Stephen Humphreys, published in "Journal of the American Oriental Society" Vol. 101, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1981), pp. 224-225.
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Arabic Literature, Islamic Archaeology, Arabic Language and Linguistics, Mamluk Studies, Islamic Art, and 15 moreByzantine Studies, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Islamic' Architecture, History of Crusades, Islamic Numismatics, Islamic History, Mamluk History, Sasanian History, Modern Arabic Literature, Sasanian art, Sasanian Archaeology, Islamic art and architecture, Arabic Language and Literature, and Religious and Magical Practices
The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities takes pleasure in inviting you to attend the fifteenth international colloquium "From Jāhiliyya to Islam"
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Studies in Honour of Ella Landau-Tasseron
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Guidelines and style sheet for prospective contributors
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The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities takes pleasure in inviting you to attend the fifteenth international colloquium
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Program of the thirteenth international colloquium "From Jahiliyya to Islam"
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أ. د. شموئيل موريه من الجامعة العبرية في القدس يتحدث عن النص الكامل لكتاب تاريخ الجبرتي، عجائب الآثار في التراجم والأخبار.