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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited Opposing the theological doctrine of the Qāsimī state in 11th/17th century Yemen: a Shāfiʿī khat addict from Ṣanʿāʾ allegedly writing under the pseudonym of a Kurdish savant from Damascus on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
Among the great diversity of source material and multiple historio- and biographical works covering the history of the early Qāsimī state , Yaḥyā b. al-Ḥusayn b. al-Qāsim’s (d. after 1100/1687) Bahǧat al-zaman fī tārīḫ al-Yaman occupies a position of paramount importance. For the political, economic, social, cultural and intellectual hi…[Read more]
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Thomas Bolin deposited History, Historiography, and the Use of the Past in the Hebrew Bible in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoThis essay explores the different ways parts of the Hebrew Bible have been described as historiography. It’s an old essay whose usefulness is limited to giving the reader a snapshot of the state of the question in biblical historiography at the height of the maximalist-minimalist debate.
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Thomas Bolin deposited History, Historiography, and the Use of the Past in the Hebrew Bible in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months agoThis essay explores the different ways parts of the Hebrew Bible have been described as historiography. It’s an old essay whose usefulness is limited to giving the reader a snapshot of the state of the question in biblical historiography at the height of the maximalist-minimalist debate.
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Thomas Bolin deposited History, Historiography, and the Use of the Past in the Hebrew Bible on Humanities Commons 7 years, 7 months ago
This essay explores the different ways parts of the Hebrew Bible have been described as historiography. It’s an old essay whose usefulness is limited to giving the reader a snapshot of the state of the question in biblical historiography at the height of the maximalist-minimalist debate.
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Thomas Bolin deposited The Temple of יהו at Elephantine and Persian Religious Policy in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 8 months agoThis essay looks at how the Persian authorization to rebuild of Jewish temple at Elephantine reflects imperial policy and sheds light on post-exilic Judaism.
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Thomas Bolin deposited The Temple of יהו at Elephantine and Persian Religious Policy in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 7 years, 8 months agoThis essay looks at how the Persian authorization to rebuild of Jewish temple at Elephantine reflects imperial policy and sheds light on post-exilic Judaism.
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Thomas Bolin's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 8 months ago
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Thomas Bolin deposited The Temple of יהו at Elephantine and Persian Religious Policy on Humanities Commons 7 years, 8 months ago
This essay looks at how the Persian authorization to rebuild of Jewish temple at Elephantine reflects imperial policy and sheds light on post-exilic Judaism.
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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited Early Kalām and the Medical Tradition in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 12 months agoDiscusses 1) Kalām and the Syro-Arabic transmission of Galen’s medico-philosophical writings, in particular On the Usefulness of the Bodily Parts, and Nemesius of Emesa’s On the Nature of Man; 2) the reception of Abū Bakr al-Rāzī in 10th and 11th century Muʿtazilī thought; includes an edition and translation of two chapters of Abū Jaʿfar Muḥamma…[Read more]
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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited Early Kalām and the Medical Tradition in the group
Christian Arabic Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 12 months agoDiscusses 1) Kalām and the Syro-Arabic transmission of Galen’s medico-philosophical writings, in particular On the Usefulness of the Bodily Parts, and Nemesius of Emesa’s On the Nature of Man; 2) the reception of Abū Bakr al-Rāzī in 10th and 11th century Muʿtazilī thought; includes an edition and translation of two chapters of Abū Jaʿfar Muḥamma…[Read more]
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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited Early Kalām and the Medical Tradition on Humanities Commons 7 years, 12 months ago
Discusses 1) Kalām and the Syro-Arabic transmission of Galen’s medico-philosophical writings, in particular On the Usefulness of the Bodily Parts, and Nemesius of Emesa’s On the Nature of Man; 2) the reception of Abū Bakr al-Rāzī in 10th and 11th century Muʿtazilī thought; includes an edition and translation of two chapters of Abū Jaʿfar Muḥamma…[Read more]
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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited Palaeographical Guide to a Draft Copy (musawwada) of Sahl b. al-Faḍl al-Tustarī’s Torah Commentary, Ex 34:18 – Lev 3:4 (SP, RNL, Arab.-Yevr. 21, ff. 105r-213v) in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month agoThis palaeographical guide grew out of a workshop («A Jewish Theologian’s Arabic Guide to State Administration: Mukhtaṣar fī ṣināʿat al-kitāba of Sahl b. al-Faḍl al-Tustarī»), organised by Dr. Luke Yarbrough at the NYU Abu Dhabi, 29-30 March 2017. Comments and corrections are welcome (g.schwarb@gmail.com).
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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited Palaeographical Guide to a Draft Copy (musawwada) of Sahl b. al-Faḍl al-Tustarī’s Torah Commentary, Ex 34:18 – Lev 3:4 (SP, RNL, Arab.-Yevr. 21, ff. 105r-213v) in the group
Hebrew Bible / Old Testament on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month agoThis palaeographical guide grew out of a workshop («A Jewish Theologian’s Arabic Guide to State Administration: Mukhtaṣar fī ṣināʿat al-kitāba of Sahl b. al-Faḍl al-Tustarī»), organised by Dr. Luke Yarbrough at the NYU Abu Dhabi, 29-30 March 2017. Comments and corrections are welcome (g.schwarb@gmail.com).
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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited Palaeographical Guide to a Draft Copy (musawwada) of Sahl b. al-Faḍl al-Tustarī’s Torah Commentary, Ex 34:18 – Lev 3:4 (SP, RNL, Arab.-Yevr. 21, ff. 105r-213v) in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month agoThis palaeographical guide grew out of a workshop («A Jewish Theologian’s Arabic Guide to State Administration: Mukhtaṣar fī ṣināʿat al-kitāba of Sahl b. al-Faḍl al-Tustarī»), organised by Dr. Luke Yarbrough at the NYU Abu Dhabi, 29-30 March 2017. Comments and corrections are welcome (g.schwarb@gmail.com).
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Gregor M. Schwarb deposited Palaeographical Guide to a Draft Copy (musawwada) of Sahl b. al-Faḍl al-Tustarī’s Torah Commentary, Ex 34:18 – Lev 3:4 (SP, RNL, Arab.-Yevr. 21, ff. 105r-213v) on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month ago
This palaeographical guide grew out of a workshop («A Jewish Theologian’s Arabic Guide to State Administration: Mukhtaṣar fī ṣināʿat al-kitāba of Sahl b. al-Faḍl al-Tustarī»), organised by Dr. Luke Yarbrough at the NYU Abu Dhabi, 29-30 March 2017. Comments and corrections are welcome (g.schwarb@gmail.com).
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Josef Meri's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 2 months ago
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Gregor M. Schwarb's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months ago
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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 Muʿtazilī Underpinnings of an 11th Century Qaraite Legal Treatise: Theological & Legal Hermeneutics in Yeshuʿah ben Yehudah’s Risāla fī ’l-Jawāb ʿan masāʾil mushkila fī ’l-tarkīb in the group
Hebrew Bible / Old Testament on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months agoAnalyses the introduction of Yeshuʿah ben Yehudah’s Risāla fī ’l-Jawāb ʿan masāʾil mushkila fī ’l-tarkīb, its key concept (al-muwāḍaʿa al-sharʿiyya), and its relation to Muʿtazilī uṣūl al-fiqh.
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