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Author: Salim Ibn Dhakwan ,
Patricia Crone (Professor, Professor, Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University) ,
Friedrich Zimmermann (Lecturer in Islamic Philosophy, Lecturer in Islamic Philosophy, University of Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.40cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 24.20cm
Weight: 0.737kg
ISBN: 9780198152651
ISBN 10: 0198152655
Pages: 422
Publication Date: 15 March 2001
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
This is the first full edition and translation of a work that has caused debate and disagreement ever since its existence was known to scholarship. It provides what must at present be regarded as a definitive text and authoritative English translation. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations This is a model for textual work, both in its attention to the specifics of the edition, and in its presentation of the wider historical and intellectual context from which the letter emerged. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations We must thank Crone and Zimmermann for the annotated bibliography of Ibadi sources they provide at the end. It seems doubtful whether anything useful will be done in early Ibadi studies except on its basis. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies A meticulous critical edition of the full text ... a careful, copiously annotated English translation; and a wide-ranging study of the text and its historical background and implications ... the authors are to be commended for having made this important early Islamic text available in an exemplary critical edition and translation, and for having laid the foundation for a fruitful discussion of its contents. Journal of Islamic Studies
This is the first full edition and translation of a work that has caused debate and disagreement ever since its existence was known to scholarship. It provides what must at present be regarded as a definitive text and authoritative English translation. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations This is a model for textual work, both in its attention to the specifics of the edition, and in its presentation of the wider historical and intellectual context from which the letter emerged. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations We must thank Crone and Zimmermann for the annotated bibliography of Ibadi sources they provide at the end. It seems doubtful whether anything useful will be done in early Ibadi studies except on its basis. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies A meticulous critical edition of the full text ... a careful, copiously annotated English translation; and a wide-ranging study of the text and its historical background and implications ... the authors are to be commended for having made this important early Islamic text available in an exemplary critical edition and translation, and for having laid the foundation for a fruitful discussion of its contents. Journal of Islamic Studies
Author Information
Patricia Crone is Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. Friedrich Zimmermann is Lecturer in Islamic Philosophy at the University of Oxford.
