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Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books

Author : James E. Montgomery
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 074868333X
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books written by James E. Montgomery and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edinburgh University Press will publish two self-contained guides to reading al-Jahiz that also shed light on his society and its writings. This first volume, 'In Praise of Books', is devoted to bibliomania and al-Jahiz's bibliophilia. Volume 2, In Censure of Books, explores Al-Jahiz's bibliophobia. Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian, and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived, counselled and wrote in Iraq during the first century of the 'Abbasid caliphate. He advised, argued and rubbed shoulders with the major power brokers and leading religious and intellectual figures of his day, and crossed swords in debate and argument with the architects of the Islamic religious, theological, philosophical and cultural canon. His many, tumultuous writings engage with these figures, their ideas, theories and policies. They give us an invaluable but much-neglected window onto the values and beliefs of this cosmopolitan elite.

Al-Jahiz: in Censure of Books

Author : James Montgomery
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780748683284
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Al-Jahiz: in Censure of Books written by James Montgomery and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reader in al-Jahiz

Author : Thomas Hefter
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748692754
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Reader in al-Jahiz written by Thomas Hefter and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the intricately crafted rhetorical strategies used by al-Jahiz in his letters The 9th-century essayist, theologian and encyclopedist 'Amr b. Bahr al-Jahiz has long been acknowledged as a master of early Arabic prose writing. Many of his most engaging writings were clearly intended for a broad readership but were presented as letters to individuals. Despite the importance and quantity of these letters, surprisingly little academic notice has been paid to them. Now, Thomas Hefter takes a new approach in interpreting some of al-Jahiz's 'epistolary monographs'. By focusing on the varying ways in which he wrote to the addressee, Hefter shows how al-Jahiz shaped his conversations on the page in order to guide (or manipulate) his actual readers and encourage them to engage with his complex materials.

A Treasury of Virtues

Author : Al-Qadi al-Quda
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814729142
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book A Treasury of Virtues written by Al-Qadi al-Quda and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Treasury of Virtues is a collection by the Fatimid Shafi‘i judge al-Quda‘i (d. 454 H/1062 AD) of sayings, sermons, and teachings attributed to ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. 40 H/661 AD). ‘Ali was the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, the first Shia Imam and the fourth Sunni Caliph. An acknowledged master of Arabic eloquence and a sage of Islamic wisdom, Ali was renowned for his words, which were collected, quoted, and studied over the centuries, and extensively anthologized, excerpted, and interpreted. Of the many compilations of ‘Ali’s words, A Treasury of Virtues arguably possesses the broadest compass of genres, and the largest variety of themes. Included are aphorisms, proverbs, sermons, speeches, homilies, prayers, letters, dialogues and verse, all of which provide instruction on how to be a morally upstanding human being. The shorter compilation included here, One Hundred Proverbs, is attributed to the eminent writer al-Jahiz (d. 255 H/869 AD). This volume presents a new critical edition of the Arabic based on several original manuscripts, the first English translation of both these important collections, and an extended introduction.

Rabi'a From Narrative to Myth

Author : Rkia Elaroui Cornell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1786075229
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Rabi'a From Narrative to Myth written by Rkia Elaroui Cornell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rabi‘a al-‘Adawiyya is a figure shrouded in myth. Certainly a woman by this name was born in Basra, Iraq, in the eighth century, but her life remains recorded only in legends, stories, poems and hagiographies. The various depictions of her – as a deeply spiritual ascetic, an existentialist rebel and a romantic lover – seem impossible to reconcile, and yet Rabi‘a has transcended these narratives to become a global symbol of both Sufi and modern secular culture. In this groundbreaking study, Rkia Elaroui Cornell traces the development of these diverse narratives and provides a history of the iconic Rabi‘a’s construction as a Sufi saint. Combining medieval and modern sources, including evidence never before examined, in novel ways, Rabi‘a From Narrative to Myth is the most significant work to emerge on this quintessential figure in Islam for more than seventy years.

The Excellence of the Arabs

Author : Ibn Qutaybah
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479859761
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book The Excellence of the Arabs written by Ibn Qutaybah and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spirited defense of Arab identity from a time of political unrest In ninth-century Abbasid Baghdad, the social prestige attached to claims of Arab identity had begun to decline. In The Excellence of the Arabs, the celebrated litterateur Ibn Qutaybah locks horns with those members of his society who belittled Arabness and vaunted the glories of Persian heritage and culture. Instead, he upholds the status of Arabs and their heritage in the face of criticism and uncertainty. The Excellence of the Arabs is in two parts. In the first, Arab Preeminence, which takes the form of an extended argument for Arab privilege, Ibn Qutaybah accuses his opponents of blasphemous envy. In the second, The Excellence of Arab Learning, he describes the fields of knowledge in which he believed pre-Islamic Arabians excelled, including knowledge of the stars, divination, horse husbandry, and poetry. By incorporating extensive excerpts from the poetic heritage—“the archive of the Arabs”—Ibn Qutaybah aims to demonstrate that poetry is itself sufficient evidence of Arab superiority. Eloquent and forceful, The Excellence of the Arabs addresses a central question at a time of great social flux, at the dawn of classical Muslim civilization: What does it mean to be Arab?

Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment

Author : Ahmet T. Kuru
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108419097
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment written by Ahmet T. Kuru and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes Muslim countries' contemporary problems, particularly violence, authoritarianism, and underdevelopment, comparing their historical levels of development with Western Europe.

The Life and Works of Jahiz

Author :
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life and Works of Jahiz written by and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Animal in Ottoman Egypt

Author : Alan Mikhail
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199315272
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book The Animal in Ottoman Egypt written by Alan Mikhail and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals in rural Egypt became enmeshed in social relationships and made possible many tasks otherwise impossible. Rather than focus on what animals represented or symbolized, Mikhail discusses their social and economic functions, as Ottoman Egypt cannot be understood without acknowledging animals as central shapers of the early modern world.

The Closing of the Muslim Mind

Author : Robert R. Reilly
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497620732
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book The Closing of the Muslim Mind written by Robert R. Reilly and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book you must read to understand the Islamist crisis—and the threat to us all Robert R. Reilly’s eye-opening book masterfully explains the frightening behavior coming out of the Islamic world. Terrorism, he shows, is only one manifestation of the spiritual pathology of Islamism. Reilly uncovers the root of our contemporary crisis: a pivotal struggle waged within the Muslim world nearly a millennium ago. In a heated battle over the role of reason, the side of irrationality won. The deformed theology that resulted, Reilly reveals, produced the spiritual pathology of Islamism, and a deeply dysfunctional culture. The Closing of the Muslim Mind solves such puzzles as: · Why the Arab world stands near the bottom of every measure of human development · Why scientific inquiry is nearly dead in the Islamic world · Why Spain translates more books in a single year than the entire Arab world has in the past thousand years · Why some people in Saudi Arabia still refuse to believe man has been to the moon

Rosa Damascena

Author : Barbara Michalak-Pikulska
Publisher : V&R Unipress
ISBN 13 : 3847017330
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Rosa Damascena written by Barbara Michalak-Pikulska and published by V&R Unipress. This book was released on 2024-09-09 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the diversity of perspectives and methodologies within the relative uniformity of the subject, this collection of papers offers a rich overview of the multidisciplinary research on Arabic literature. The book includes two thematic parts. The first of them pertains to studies on Arabic literature, more precisely, on historical chronicles concerning the First Crusade, one of al-Ğāḥiẓ's Treatise and also Modern Egyptian, Moroccan and Omani literary production. The second section of the volume contains papers on Semitic languages: Modern Hebrew, Maltese, Classical, Modern Standard, Egyptian and Lebanese Arabic. The volume is devoted to Elżbieta Gorska.

Nine Essays of Al-Jahiz

Author : Jāḥiẓ
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Nine Essays of Al-Jahiz written by Jāḥiẓ and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al-Jahiz (d.868/869 A.D.) was a master of Arabic prose and a major influence on modern Arabic literature. A theologian with a huge vocabulary and a well developed sense of humor, he is known for the style, depth, and humor of his works. He wrote most often in a combined essay and anthology form and sought to instruct his readers while amusing them. This book is the first collection of English translations of several of his essays in their complete, extant form. The topics covered range from personal relationships, to ethnic stereotypes and ethical conduct.

The Topkapi Scroll

Author : Gülru Necipoğlu
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 0892363355
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (923 download)

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Download or read book The Topkapi Scroll written by Gülru Necipoğlu and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1996-03-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since precious few architectural drawings and no theoretical treatises on architecture remain from the premodern Islamic world, the Timurid pattern scroll in the collection of the Topkapi Palace Museum Library is an exceedingly rich and valuable source of information. In the course of her in-depth analysis of this scroll dating from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century, Gülru Necipoğlu throws new light on the conceptualization, recording, and transmission of architectural design in the Islamic world between the tenth and sixteenth centuries. Her text has particularly far-reaching implications for recent discussions on vision, subjectivity, and the semiotics of abstract representation. She also compares the Islamic understanding of geometry with that found in medieval Western art, making this book particularly valuable for all historians and critics of architecture. The scroll, with its 114 individual geometric patterns for wall surfaces and vaulting, is reproduced entirely in color in this elegant, large-format volume. An extensive catalogue includes illustrations showing the underlying geometries (in the form of incised “dead” drawings) from which the individual patterns are generated. An essay by Mohammad al-Asad discusses the geometry of the muqarnas and demonstrates by means of CAD drawings how one of the scroll’s patterns could be used co design a three-dimensional vault.

Illuminating the Darkness

Author : Habeeb Akande
Publisher : Ta-Ha Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1842001272
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Illuminating the Darkness written by Habeeb Akande and published by Ta-Ha Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illuminating the Darkness critically addresses the issue of racial discrimination and colour prejudice in religious history. Tackling common misconceptions, the author seeks to elevate the status of blacks and North Africans in Islam. The book is divided into two sections: Part l of the book explores the concept of race, 'blackness', slavery, interracial marriage and racism in Islam in the light of the Qur'an, Hadith and early historical sources. Part ll of the book consists of a compilation of short biographies of noble black and North African Muslim men and women in Islamic history including Prophets, Companions of the Prophet and more recent historical figures. Following in the tradition of revered scholars of Islam such as al-Jahiz, Ibn al-Jawzi and al-Suyuti who wrote about this topic, Illuminating the Darkness is structured according to a similar monographic arrangement.

Scholarship between Europe and the Levant

Author : Jan Loop
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004429328
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Scholarship between Europe and the Levant written by Jan Loop and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-05-06 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholarship between Europe and the Levantis a collection of essays in honour of Professor Alastair Hamilton. The contributions discuss scholarly, artistic and religious encounters between Europe and the Islamic world between the sixteenth and the late nineteenth century.

Islam, the Straight Path

Author : Kenneth W. Morgan
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120804036
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Islam, the Straight Path written by Kenneth W. Morgan and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1987 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islam--the Straight Path is a concise presentation of the history and spread of Islam and of the beliefs and obligations of Muslims as interpreted by some outstanding Muslim scholars of our time from Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Indonesia, and China. The essays present a vivid picture of this faith which exerts tremendous influence on its votaries and has found its home from Morocco to Indonesia and China. The work is a portrayal of Islam as it is, with chapters devoted to subjects such as The Origin of Islam, Ideas and Movements in Islamic History, Islamic Beliefs and Code of Laws, The Rational and Mystical Interpretations of Islam, Shi'a, Islamic Culture in Arab and African Countries, Islamic Culture in Turkish Areas, Muslim Culture in Pakistan and India, Islamic Culture in China, Islam in Indonesia, and, Unity in Diversity in Islam. Each chapter epitomizes a subject which could scarcely be covered adequately in a whole book .

War and Peace in Islam

Author : Ghazi bin Muhammad (Prince of Jordan.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781903682838
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book War and Peace in Islam written by Ghazi bin Muhammad (Prince of Jordan.) and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a number of Islamic religious authorities and Muslim scholars, this work presents the views and teachings of mainstream Sunni and Shi’i Islam on the subject of jihad. It authoritatively presents jihad as it is understood by the majority of the world’s 1.7 billion Muslims in the world today, and supports this understanding with extensive detail and scholarship. No word in English evokes more fear and misunderstanding than "jihad." To date the books that have appeared on the subject in English by Western scholars have been either openly partisan and polemical or subtly traumatized by so many acts and images of terrorism in the name of jihad and by the historical memory of nearly 1,400 years of confrontation between Islam and Christianity. Though jihad is the central concern of War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad, the range of the essays is not confined exclusively to the study of jihad. The work is divided into three parts: War and Its Practice, Peace and Its Practice, and Beyond Peace: The Practice of Forbearance, Mercy, Compassion and Love. The book aims to reveal the real meaning of jihad and to rectify many of the misunderstandings that surround both it and Islam’s relation with the “Other.”