New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

Harrassowitz Verlag
Fortschreibung und Auslegung
Studien zur frühen Koraninterpretation
by Nicolai Sinai
middle eastern studies
This volume of studies on early interpretations of the Qur’an focuses on the phenomenon of
canonic interpretation. Through a detailed analysis of the story of Abraham as told by the Qur’an,
as well as other textual examples, this volume demonstrates that the interpretation and reinterpretation
of the selected texts had already begun during the genesis of the Qur’an, and thus the
history of interpretations of the Qur’an begins with the Qur’an itself. German text.
335p, 3 folding tbls, paperback, 9783447058735, $102.00(s), Harrassowitz Verlag, July 2009,
Diskurse der Arabistik 16.
Market Inspection (Hisba), Arts and Crafts in Islam
by Ahmad Ghabin
This book focuses on a historical and cultural aspect of medieval Islam:
the market inspection (hisba) in the Muslim state and its impact on the
development of arts and crafts. It is a pioneer work in Islamic Studies in
which this aspect is studied from historical and cultural points of view.
The study deals with two main issues: the history of market inspection
in medieval Islam and the impact of the institution of market inspection
on the development of the visual arts and crafts in medieval Islam.
287p, hardback, 9783447059329, $72.00(s), Harrassowitz Verlag, July 2009,
Arabisch-Islamische Welt in Tradition und Moderne 7.
Essays in Arabic Literary Biography II
1350–1850
edited by Joseph E Lowry and Devin J Stewart
The Essays in Arabic Literary Biography contain entries devoted to the major
representatives of the literary heritage of Arabic culture within three
specific periods. This volume contains biographical studies of 38 Arabic
literary figures who lived between 1350 and 1850. The essays situate the
authors and their writings in local contexts of literary and cultural production,
from Morocco to Iran, India and Indonesia, in many cases offering the
first comprehensive assessments of their lives and works.
429p, hardback, 9783447059336, $117.00(s), Harrassowitz Verlag,
August 2009, Mizan 17,2.
Die Geschichte der Begegnung christlichorientalischer
Mystik und der Mystik des Islams
by Georg Günter Blum
This volume presents a history of the encounter between oriental Christian
mysticism and the mysticim of Islam and the influence they had on each
other. German text.
840p, 4 maps, hardback, 9783447058988, $222.00(s), Harrassowitz Verlag,
October 2009, Orientalia Biblica et Christiana 17.
Das poetische Werk
des Abū Sahr al-Hudalī
Eine literaturanthropologische Studie
by Kirill Dmitriev
This volume focuses on the social and psychological history of Arab society during the second
half of the 7th century, a period of transition from pre-Islamic to Islamic culture. The
study is based on the works of the poet Abū Sahr al-Hudalī, which are here analyzed and
interpreted in detail for the first time. German text.
349p, hardback, 9783447057981, $111.00(s), Harrassowitz Verlag, July 2009,
Diskurse der Arabistik 15.
Abendland und Morgenland
im Spiegel ihrer Sprachen
Ein kulturhistorischer Vergleich
by Siegfried Tornow
This volume deals with the development of the literary
languages of the Occident in comparison to
those of the Orient. It focuses on the role of religious
language, the tradition of Classical heritage, Arab influences
on the West, Western influences on Eastern
Europe and the Orient, the conversion of popular
language to literary language, the changes from the
Middle Ages to Humanism to Enlightenment, and
the struggle between religion and nation. German text.
300p, paperback, 9783447059121, $57.00(s), Harrassowitz Verlag, September 2009.
Zu Īšō’jahbs und seiner Sicht des Islam
by Ovidiu Ioan
This volume contains a study of the letter corpus of Īšō’jahbs III, Katholikos patriarch in Persia
during the time of the Islamic conquest of this area around the middle of the 7th century.
The patriarch’s views on the situation of the Eastern Church and the theological views of the
conquerors helps to refine our knowledge of Christian-Muslim relationships in Persia during
early Islamic times. German text.
152p, paperback, 9783447058612, $54.00(s), Harrassowitz Verlag, July 2009,
Göttinger Orientforschungen – I. Reihe: Syriaca 37.
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