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Author:   Jamal J. Elias ,  Bilal Orfali
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   164
Weight:   0.898kg
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9789004409941

ISBN 10:   9004409947
Pages:   460
Publication Date:   17 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
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Preface Publications by Gerhard Bowering Notes on Contributors PART 1 Quran and Early Islam Scholarship and Folklore? A Comparison of the Earliest Sources: 'Urwa b. al-Zubayr and Wahb b. al-Munabbih (Mareike Koertner) The Rise of Islam in a Judeo-Christian Context (Jonathan Brockopp) Biblical Turns of Phrase in the Quran (Gabriel Said Reynolds) The Interpretation of the Covenant Verse in Classical Imami Theology (Hussein Ali Abdulsater) Kitab intiza'at al-Qur'an al-'azim: A Compendium of Quranic Quotations Attributed to the Fatimid Secretary Abu l-Qasim 'Ali Ibn al-Sayrafi (d. 542/1147) (Bilal W. Orfali) PART 2 Sufism, Shi'ism, and Esotericism Risala fi l-sifat wa-'ilm al-tawhid: A Sufi Treatise Attributed to Abu Sa'id Ahmad b. 'Isa al-Kharraz (d. 286/899) (Nada Saab) Shi'i Literature in the Late Ninth Century: Ishaq al-Ahmar al-Nakha'i (d. 286/899) and His Writings (Mushegh Asatryan) The Treatise on the Ascension (al-Risala al-mi'rajiyya): Cosmology and Time in the Writings of Abu l-Hasan al-Shushtari (d. 668/1269) (Yousef Casewit) The Image of Qalandar in the Divan-i Shams (Janis Esots) Pseudo-Shaykh Baha'i on the Supreme Name, a Safavid-Qajar Lettrist Classic (Matthew Melvin-Koushki) Sufism and Islamic Identity in Jalaluddin Rumi's Anatolia (Jamal J. Elias) India as a Sufi Spacetime in the Work of Jamali of Delhi (Shahzad Bashir) PART 3 Philosophy Knowledge on Display: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi's Universal Compendium (Amina M. Steinfels) Fakhr al-Din al-Razi's Taxonomy of Extraordinary Acts (Tariq Jaffer) Believing Is Seeing: The Universe in the Eyes of al-Biruni and Ibn Sina (Mahan Mirza) Al-Ghazali's Philosophical Soteriology (Alexander Treiger) Abu Hamid al-Ghazali and the Art of Knowing (Joseph Lumbard) PART 4 Literature and Culture Religious Satire in the Maqamat of al-Hamadhani (Matthew Ingalls) Doctrinal Anxiety and Social Reality regarding Music and Dance in Mamluk Cairo: Ibn al-Hajj on al-Sama', To Sing or Not: The Case against Music (Li Guo) Index of Arabic and Persian Term Index of Proper Names

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It is an impressive collection of essays that pays real tribute to a great scholar and teacher. Sotiris S. Livas, Ionian University in: Journal of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 30 (2021).

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Jamal J. Elias is Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies and South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous publications on a broad range of subjects relevant to the medieval and modern Islamic world. Bilal Orfali is Professor and Sheikh Zayed Chair for Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut. He specializes in Arabic literature, Sufism, and Quranic Studies. He co-edits al-Abhath Journal and Brill's book series Texts and Studies on the Qur'an. He is the author and editor of more than twenty books on a broad range of subjects relevant to Arabic and Islamic Studies.

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