Basilius Bawardi is Senior Lecturer at Bar Ilan University and Oranim College, Israel. He holds a PhD in Arabic Literature and Language from the University of Haifa. He has published in the journals Middle Eastern Literature and Al-Karmil and in the books Ottoman Reform and Muslim Regeneration; The Lebanese Anthology of Muris 'Awwad and Monotheism & Ethics: Historical and Contemporary Intersections Among Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

• Content Note on Transliteration viiiAcknowledgements ixIntroduction 11. Historical Background: The Birth of the Phoenician-Lebanese National Thought 2. Phoenician-Lebanese Literature: Founding Generation 3. The Second Generation: Mayy Murr and Mu¯ r?¯s ?Awwa4. Summary – or is it the End of the Phoenician Movement? AppendixI 136Appendix II 141Appendix III 143Appendix IV 147Notes 153Bibliography 176Index

Basilius Bawardi is Senior Lecturer at Bar Ilan University and Oranim College, Israel. He holds a PhD in Arabic Literature and Language from the University of Haifa. He has published in the journals Middle Eastern Literature and Al-Karmil and in the books Ottoman Reform and Muslim Regeneration; The Lebanese Anthology of Muris 'Awwad and Monotheism & Ethics: Historical and Contemporary Intersections Among Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

• Content Note on Transliteration viiiAcknowledgements ixIntroduction 11. Historical Background: The Birth of the Phoenician-Lebanese National Thought 2. Phoenician-Lebanese Literature: Founding Generation 3. The Second Generation: Mayy Murr and Mu¯ r?¯s ?Awwa4. Summary – or is it the End of the Phoenician Movement? AppendixI 136Appendix II 141Appendix III 143Appendix IV 147Notes 153Bibliography 176Index

Basilius Bawardi is Senior Lecturer at Bar Ilan University and Oranim College, Israel. He holds a PhD in Arabic Literature and Language from the University of Haifa. He has published in the journals Middle Eastern Literature and Al-Karmil and in the books Ottoman Reform and Muslim Regeneration; The Lebanese Anthology of Muris 'Awwad and Monotheism & Ethics: Historical and Contemporary Intersections Among Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

• Content Note on Transliteration viiiAcknowledgements ixIntroduction 11. Historical Background: The Birth of the Phoenician-Lebanese National Thought 2. Phoenician-Lebanese Literature: Founding Generation 3. The Second Generation: Mayy Murr and Mu¯ r?¯s ?Awwa4. Summary – or is it the End of the Phoenician Movement? AppendixI 136Appendix II 141Appendix III 143Appendix IV 147Notes 153Bibliography 176Index