Islamic world, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Islamic world, Middle Eastern history
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Alexandre Roberts deposited The Crossing Paths of Greek and Persian Knowledge in the 9th-century Arabic ‘Book of Degrees’ in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 2 months agoThis paper examines a 9th-century Arabic text of genethlialogical astrology, arguing that while it presents itself as heir to a Greek science deriving from India, it is also a testament to the pervasive role played by Sasanian intellectual culture in the 8th- to 10th-century Greek-Arabic translation movement. After a description of the…[Read more]
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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited MS Munich, Bavarian State Library, Cod. arab. 1294: A Guide to Zaydī Kalām-Studies during the Ṭāhirid and Early Qāsimite Periods (Mid-15th to Early 18th Centuries) in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThe article offers a bibliographical aperçu of Zaydī-Muʿtazilī Kalām-studies from the 15th through 18th centuries based on MS Munich, Bavarian State Library, Cod. arab. 1294. This codex contains ʿAbd Allāh b. Muḥammad al-Naǧrī’s as yet unedited K. Mirqāt al-anẓār, a major kalām textbook which for almost three centuries constituted the b…[Read more]
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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited MS Munich, Bavarian State Library, Cod. arab. 1294: A Guide to Zaydī Kalām-Studies during the Ṭāhirid and Early Qāsimite Periods (Mid-15th to Early 18th Centuries) in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThe article offers a bibliographical aperçu of Zaydī-Muʿtazilī Kalām-studies from the 15th through 18th centuries based on MS Munich, Bavarian State Library, Cod. arab. 1294. This codex contains ʿAbd Allāh b. Muḥammad al-Naǧrī’s as yet unedited K. Mirqāt al-anẓār, a major kalām textbook which for almost three centuries constituted the b…[Read more]
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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited ‹al-istiṭāʿa› between kalām and falsafa in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months agoSurveys the Begriffsgeschichte of istiṭāʿah (< τὸ αὐτεξούσιον; τὸ ἐφ´ ἡμῖν) in antique and late antique philosophical and theological/patristic texts, the Syriac&Arabic reception history of the Nicomachean Ethics, Alexander of Aphrodisias's Maqāla fī l-istiṭāʿa, Nemesius of Emesa's K. Ṭabīʿat al-insān, and early Christian-Arabic literature, and…[Read more]
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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited Theories of will and action in late antique Christian thought and early Muslim kalām: On the Arabic translation(s) of Nemesius of Emesa’s Περὶ φύσεως ἀνθρώπου and related texts in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months agoDiscusses the Graeco-Syriac-Arabic transmission of Nemesius of Emesa’s Περὶ φύσεως ἀνθρώπου and related texts. The focus is on the notions of istiṭāʿah (τὸ αὐτεξούσιον; τὸ ἐφ´ ἡμῖν), irāda, qaṣd and ikhtiyār (προαίρεσις) in philosophical theories of action, the reception history of the Nicomachean Ethics, and their historical and conceptual relati…[Read more]
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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited ‹al-istiṭāʿa› between kalām and falsafa in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months agoSurveys the Begriffsgeschichte of istiṭāʿah (< τὸ αὐτεξούσιον; τὸ ἐφ´ ἡμῖν) in antique and late antique philosophical and theological/patristic texts, the Syriac&Arabic reception history of the Nicomachean Ethics, Alexander of Aphrodisias's Maqāla fī l-istiṭāʿa, Nemesius of Emesa's K. Ṭabīʿat al-insān, and early Christian-Arabic literature, and…[Read more]
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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited Theories of will and action in late antique Christian thought and early Muslim kalām: On the Arabic translation(s) of Nemesius of Emesa’s Περὶ φύσεως ἀνθρώπου and related texts in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months agoDiscusses the Graeco-Syriac-Arabic transmission of Nemesius of Emesa’s Περὶ φύσεως ἀνθρώπου and related texts. The focus is on the notions of istiṭāʿah (τὸ αὐτεξούσιον; τὸ ἐφ´ ἡμῖν), irāda, qaṣd and ikhtiyār (προαίρεσις) in philosophical theories of action, the reception history of the Nicomachean Ethics, and their historical and conceptual relati…[Read more]
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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited Abū l-Ḥasan al-Ṣūrī’s Kitāb fī bāb al-qibla and its Qaraite refutation (al-Naqd ʿalā l-Sāmira) in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThe papper offers an identification and reconstruction of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Ṣūrī’s “Kitāb fī bāb al-qibla” together with its anonymous Qaraite refutation (al-Naqḍ ʿalā l-Sāmira). Building on previous studies by A. Loewenstamm, A. Halkin, H. Pohl, and others, this paper will also provide new evidence from the Firkovitch collections (mainly ФIPK. СA…[Read more]
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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited Toolkit for Genizah Scholars: A Practical Guide for Neophytes (2017) in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months agoToolkit for Genizah Scholars: A Practical Guide for Neophytes prepared for the participants of the EAJS SUMMER LABORATORY FOR YOUNG GENIZAH RESEARCHERS, Institut für den Nahen und Mittleren Osten, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, 6–7 September 2017. Corrections and additions are most welcome (g.schwarb[at]gmail.com).
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Alexandre Roberts deposited Being a Sabian at Court in Tenth-Century Baghdad in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThābit b. Qurra (d. 288/901), a Sabian of Ḥarrān, and his descendants remained in their ancestral religion for six generations. Why did they persist despite pressure to convert? This article argues that religious self-identification as a Sabian could be a distinct advantage in Baghdad’s elite circles. It focuses on Thābit’s great-grandson Abū…[Read more]
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