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Hanbali School of Law and Ibn Taymiyyah
Conflict or Conciliation
Inbunden, 2006
2303 kr
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The Hanbali School of Law and Ibn Taymiyyahprovides a valuable account of the development of Hanbalite jurisprudence, placing the theoretical and conceptual parameters of this tradition within the grasp of the interested reader.Studying the vibrant yet controversial interaction between Ibn …
Al-Ghazali and the Qur'an
One Book, Many Meanings
Inbunden, 2007
2512 kr
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This book is the first of its kind to focus entirely on the Qur’anic interpretation of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111), a towering figure of Sunni Islam. Martin Whittingham explores both al-Ghazali’s hermeneutical methods and his interpretations of particular Quranic texts, and covers al-Ghazali’s …
Al-Ghazali, Averroes and the Interpretation of the Qur'an
Common Sense and Philosophy in Islam
Häftad, 2013
907 kr
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This book examines the contrasting interpretations of Islam and the Qur’an by Averroes and Al-Ghazali, as a way of helping us untangle current impasses affecting each Abrahamic faith. This has traditionally been portrayed as a battle between philosophy and theology, but the book shows that Averroes …
Structure and Meaning in Medieval Arabic and Persian Lyric Poetry
Orient Pearls
Häftad, 2011
859 kr
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This is the first comprehensive and comparative study of compositional and stylistic techniques in medieval Arabic and Persian lyric poetry. Ranging over some seven countries, it deals with works by over thirty poets in the Islamic world from Spain to present-day Afghanistan, and examines how this …
Early Muslim Conquest of Syria
An English Translation of al-Azdī’s Futūḥ al-Shām
Inbunden, 2019
2512 kr
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This book narrates the battles, conquests and diplomatic activities of the early Muslim fighters in Syria and Iraq vis-à-vis their Byzantine and Sasansian counterparts. It is the first English translation of one of the earliest Arabic sources on the early Muslim expansion entitled Futūḥ al-Shām …
Bedouin and ‘Abbāsid Cultural Identities
The Arabic Majnūn Laylā Story
Inbunden, 2019
2512 kr
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This literary-historical book draws out and sheds light upon the mechanisms of "the ideological work" that the Arabic Majnūn Laylā story performed for ‘Abbāsid urbanite, imperial audiences in the wake of the disappearance of the "Bedouin cosmos." The study focuses upon the processes of …
Christian–Muslim Relations in Syria
Historic and Contemporary Religious Dynamics in a Changing Context
Inbunden, 2020
2504 kr
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Offering an authoritative study of the plural religious landscape in modern Syria and of the diverse Christian and Muslim communities that have cohabited the country for centuries, this volume considers a wide range of cultural, religious and political issues that have impacted the interreligious …
Christian–Muslim Relations in Syria
Historic and Contemporary Religious Dynamics in a Changing Context
Häftad, 2023
646 kr
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Offering an authoritative study of the plural religious landscape in modern Syria and of the diverse Christian and Muslim communities that have cohabited the country for centuries, this volume considers a wide range of cultural, religious and political issues that have impacted the interreligious …
Text Linguistics of Qur'anic Discourse
An Analysis
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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Text Linguistics of Qur'anic Discourse is an in-depth investigation of the fabric of Qur'anic Discourse. It unravels the texture of the macro Qur'anic text; its cohesion and coherence systems; the notions of intertextuality, semantic relatedness, and thematic sequentiality; the macro textual …
Founding Figures and Commentators in Arabic Mathematics
A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 1
Av Roshdi Rashed, Nader El-Bizri
Häftad, 2019
718 kr
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In this unique insight into the history and philosophy of mathematics and science in the mediaeval Arab world, the eminent scholar Roshdi Rashed illuminates the various historical, textual and epistemic threads that underpinned the history of Arabic mathematical and scientific knowledge up to the …
Ibn al-Haytham's Geometrical Methods and the Philosophy of Mathematics
A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics Volume 5
Häftad, 2019
689 kr
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This fifth volume of A History of Arabic Sciences and Mathematics is complemented by four preceding volumes which focused on the main chapters of classical mathematics: infinitesimal geometry, theory of conics and its applications, spherical geometry, mathematical astronomy, etc.This book includes …
Shi'i Theology in Iran
The Challenge of Religious Experience
Av Ori Goldberg
Häftad, 2019
689 kr
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Taking a theologically oriented method for engaging with historical and cultural phenomena, this book explores the challenge, offered by revolutionary Shi’i theology in Iran, to Western conventions on theology, revolution and religion’s role in the creation of identity.Offering a stringent critique …
Angels in Islam
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's al-Haba'ik fi akhbar al-mala'ik
Häftad, 2019
718 kr
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Angels are a basic tenet of belief in Islam, appearing in various types and genres of text, from eschatology to law and theology to devotional material. This book presents the first comprehensive study of angels in Islam, through an analysis of a collection of traditions (hadīth) compiled by the …
Arabic and Hebrew Love Poems in Al-Andalus
Av Shari Lowin
Häftad, 2019
826 kr
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Arabic and Hebrew Love Poems in al-Andalus investigates a largely overlooked subset of Muslim and Jewish love poetry in medieval Spain: hetero- and homo-erotic love poems written by Muslim and Jewish religious scholars, in which the lover and his sensual experience of the beloved are compared to …
Classical Mathematics from Al-Khwarizmi to Descartes
Häftad, 2019
689 kr
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This book follows the development of classical mathematics and the relation between work done in the Arab and Islamic worlds and that undertaken by the likes of Descartes and Fermat.‘Early modern,’ mathematics is a term widely used to refer to the mathematics which developed in the West during the …
Qur'an in Christian-Muslim Dialogue
Historical and Modern Interpretations
Av Corrie Block
Häftad, 2019
689 kr
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Offering an analysis of Christian-Muslim dialogue across four centuries, this book highlights those voices of ecumenical tone which have more often used the Qur’an for drawing the two faiths together rather than pushing them apart, and amplifies the voice of the Qur’an itself.Finding that there is …
Ethics in Islam
Friendship in the Political Thought of Al-Tawhidi and his Contemporaries
Häftad, 2019
718 kr
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Offering a new reading of Islamic ethical and political thought in the Būyid period (334-440/946-1048), this book focuses particularly on the philosopher Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī who lived in Baghdad and what is now western Iran. Ethics in Islam provides the first major treatment of al-Tawhīdī's …
Religious Scholars and the Umayyads
Piety-Minded Supporters of the Marwanid Caliphate
Av Steven Judd
Häftad, 2019
718 kr
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Religious Scholars and the Umayyads analyzes legal and theological developments during the Marwānid period (64/684--132/750), focusing on religious scholars who supported the Umayyads. Their scholarly network extended across several generations and significantly influenced the development of the …
Skepticism in Classical Islam
Moments of Confusion
Av Paul L. Heck
Häftad, 2019
718 kr
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The first major treatment of skepticism in Islam, this book explores the critical role of skeptical thinking in the development of theology in Islam. It examines the way key thinkers in classical Islam faced perplexing questions about the nature of God and his relation to the world, all the while …
Legal Authority in Premodern Islam
Yahya B Sharaf Al-Nawawi in the Shafi'i School of Law
Häftad, 2019
661 kr
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Offering a detailed analysis of the structure of authority in Islamic law, this book focuses on the figure of Yahyā b. Sharaf al-Nawawī, who is regarded as the chief contributor to the legal tradition known as the Shāfi'ī madhhab in traditional Muslim sources, named after Muhammad b. Idrīs …
Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative
Memory and Identity Construction in Islamic Historiography, 750�1050
Av Scott Savran
Häftad, 2019
740 kr
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Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative analyzes how early Muslim historians merged the pre-Islamic histories of the Arab and Iranian peoples into a didactic narrative culminating with the Arab conquest of Iran. This book provides an in-depth examination of Islamic historical accounts …
Moral Rationalism and Shari'a
Independent rationality in modern Shi'i usul al-Fiqh
Häftad, 2019
718 kr
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Moral Rationalism and Sharī'a is the first attempt at outlining the scope for a theological reading of Sharī'a, based on a critical examination of why 'Adliyya theological ethics have not significantly impacted Shī'ī readings of Sharī'a. Within Shī'ī works of Sharī 'a legal theory (usūl al-fiqh) …
Poetics of Ancient and Classical Arabic Literature
Orientology
Häftad, 2019
793 kr
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Through analysing ancient and classical Arabic literature, including the Qur'an, from within the Arabic literary tradition, this book provides an original interpretation of poetics, and of other important aspects of Arab culture. Ancient Arabic literature is a realm of poetry; prose literary forms …
Literature and the Islamic Court
Cultural life under al-Sahib Ibn 'Abbad
Av Erez Naaman
Häftad, 2019
740 kr
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Courts were the most important frameworks for the production, performance, and evaluation of literature in medieval Islamic civilization. Patrons vying for prestige attracted to their courts literary people who sought their financial support. The most successful courts assembled outstanding …
New Horizons in Qur'anic Linguistics
A Syntactic, Semantic and Stylistic Analysis
Häftad, 2019
718 kr
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New Horizons in Qur'anic Linguistics provides a panoramic insight into the Qur'anic landscape fenced by innate syntactic, semantic and stylistic landmarks where context and meaning have closed ranks to impact morphological form in order to achieve variegated illocutionary forces. It provides a …
Women and Leadership in Islamic Law
A Critical Analysis of Classical Legal Texts
Häftad, 2019
661 kr
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Islamic law has traditionally prohibited women from being prayer leaders and heads of state. A small number of Muslims today are beginning to challenge this stance, but they face considerable opposition from the broader Muslim community.‘Women and Leadership in Islamic Law’ examines the assumption …
Orthodoxy and Islam
Theology and Muslim�Christian Relations in Modern Greece and Turkey
Av Archimandrite Nikodemos Anagnostopoulos
Häftad, 2019
689 kr
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Church History reveals that Christianity has its roots in Palestine during the first century and was spread throughout the Mediterranean countries by the Apostles. However, despite sharing the same ancestry, Muslims and Christians have been living in a challenging symbiotic co-existence for more …
Chaldean Catholic Church
Modern History, Ecclesiology and Church-State Relations
Häftad, 2019
718 kr
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This book provides a modern historical study of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq from 2003 to 2013, against a background analysis of the origins and ecclesiological development of the Chaldean community from the sixteenth century onwards.The book offers an insight into the formation of Chaldean …
Epistemology of Ibn Khaldun
Av Zaid Ahmad
Inbunden, 2003
2504 kr
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This is an analytical examination of Ibn Khaldun's epistemology, centred on Chapter Six of the Muqaddima. In this chapter, entitled The Book of Knowledge (Kitab al'Ilm), Ibn Khaldun sketched his general ideas about knowledge and science and its relationship with human social organisation and the …
Arab Representations of the Occident
East-West Encounters in Arabic Fiction
Inbunden, 2006
2468 kr
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This is one of the first books in English to explore Arab responses to Western culture and values in modern Arab literature. Through in-depth research El-Enany examines the attitudes as expressed mainly through works of fiction written by Arab authors during the twentieth, and, to a lesser extent, …
