Humanism, Culture, and Language in the Near East

Studies in Honor of Georg Krotkoff

AvAsma Afsaruddin,A. H. Mathias Zahniser

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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Essays by 33 colleagues, friends, and students of the Johns Hopkins University Arabist and linguist. Topics include (1) humanism, culture, and literature; (2) Arabic; (3) Aramaic; and (4) Afroasiatic.

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Utgivningsdatum:1997-06-30
Mått:152 x 229 x 39 mm
Vikt:1 043 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:464
Förlag:Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN:9781575060200

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PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPublicationsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Georg Krotkoff as Scholar and TeacherPART 1: Humanism, Culture, and LiteratureGeorge Makdisi - Philadelphia - Inquiry into the Origins of HumanismMichael G. Carter - New York - Humanism and the Language Sciences in Medieval IslamJulie Scott Meisami - Oxford - Cosmic Numbers: The Symbolic Design of Nizami’s Haft PaykarFedwa Malti-Douglas - Bloomington, Indiana - Playing with the Sacred: Religious Intertext in Adab DiscourseWerner Ende - Freiburg, Germany - From Revolt to Resignation: The Life of Shaykh Muhsin ShararaA. H. Mathias Zahniser - Wilmore, Kentucky - Sura as Guidance and Exhortation: The Composition of Surat al-NisaBarbara Freyer Stowasser - Washington, D.C. - The Hijab: How a Curtain Became an Institution and a Cultural SymbolRoger Allen - Philadelphia - The Development of Fictional Genres: The Novel and Short Story in ArabicIssa J. Boullata - Montreal - An Arabic Poem in an Israeli Controversy: Mahmud Darwish’s ‘Passing Words’Asma Afsaruddin - South Bend, Indiana - Bi-l Arabi al-fasih: An Egyptian Play Looks at Contemporary Arab SocietyPART 2: ArabicCarolyn Killean - ChicagoLearning Arabic: A Lifetime CommitmentKarin C. Ryding - Washington, D.C. - The Alchemy of Sound: Medieval Arabic PhonosymbolismKarl Stowasser - College Park, Maryland - Al-Khalil’s LegacyWolfhart Heinrichs - Cambridge, Massachusetts - The Etymology of Muqarnas: Some ObservationsManfred Woidich - Amsterdam - Egyptian Arabic and Dialect Contact in Historical PerspectiveBenjamin Hary - Atlanta - On Later and Modern Egyptian Judeo-ArabicHans-Rudolph Singer - Germersheim - Ein arabischer Text aus Constantine (Algerien)PART 3: AramaicAnton Schall - Heidelberg - Zur griechischen Nebenuberlieferung im SyrischenJohn A. C. Greppin - Cleveland - Syriac Loanwords in Classical ArmenianRobert D. Hoberman - Stonybrook, New York - The Modern Chaldean Pronunciation of Classical SyriacGary A. Rendsburg - Ithaca, New York - Double Polysemy in Proverbs 31:19Otto Jastrow - Heidelberg - Zum neuaramaischen Dialekt von HassaneMichael L. Chyet - Berkeley - A Preliminary List of Aramaic Loanwords in KurdishYona Sabar - Los Angeles - The Story of Balaam and His She-Ass in Four Neo-Aramaic Dialects: A Comparative Study of the TranslationsEdward Y. Odisho - Chicago - A Comparative Study of Pet Names in English and AssyrianPART 4: AfroasiaticCarleton T. Hodge - Bloomington, Indiana - The Trickle-Down ApproachHerrmann Jungraithmayr - Frankfurt am Main - Ablaut im Verbalsystem osttschadischer SprachenWerner Vycichl - Geneva - Akkadian lisan-u-m, Arabic lisan-u-n: Which Is the Older Form?PART 5: Ancient Egyptian, Ottoman Turkish, and Other Linguistic MattersYoel L. Arbeitman - Princeton -You Gotta Have HeartPeter T. Daniels - Chicago - The Protean Arabic AbjadAlan S. Kaye - Fullerton, California - A Matter of Inconsistency: Variations of Arabic Loanwords in EnglishClaudia Romer - Vienna - The Language and Prose Syle of Bostan’s SuleymannameNas Goedicke - Baltimore - Language and Script in Ancient EgyptContributorsIndex of Authors