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Hagiography and History - The Life of Gregory-Thaumaturgus [PDF]
, 1982 Classic
Van Dam, Raymond
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A Christian Qur’ān? A study in the Syriac background to the language of the Qur’ān as presented in the work of Christoph Luxenberg [PDF]
, 2009 The present article is a contribution to the public debate surrounding the controversial thesis of an anonymous scholar known as Christoph Luxenberg. The thesis that a Syriac Christian literary source lies behind the text of the Qur’ān is not entirely ...
Cardiff University, King, Daniel
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Arab-Islamic reception of Hellenistic science [PDF]
, 2015 This article is an overview of the Arab-Islamic reception and development of Hellenistic science. It particularly refers to mathematics, physics and astronomy. It focuses on the following topics: 1) Two interpretative models of this reception in the 19th,
Lelli, Giovanna
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The Issue Of Greek And Syriac Influence On The Emergence Of The Science Of Nahw
Kocatepe İslami İlimler DergisiBefore the science of grammar became a systematic branch of science in the Arabic language, the foundations of this science began to be laid. In order to protect the Arabic language from linguistic errors and most importantly to read and understand the ...
Muhammed Mahmut Olçun
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F IS FOR FALCON: THE TRUE STORY OF THE ‘NOVELLE’
German Life and Letters, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article takes a closer look at the Boccaccio story upon which Paul Heyse based his famous ‘Falken‐Theorie’ of the ‘Novelle’. The essay then links Boccaccio to a general account of storytelling as an aid to survival amid the hostility of nature and human circumstances.
Michael Minden
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Language and identity in the Assyrian diaspora [PDF]
, 2001 published or submitted for publicationis peer ...
McClure, Erica F.
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Ordinal Numerals as a Criterion for Subclassification: The Case of Semitic
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 240-256, March 2026.Abstract This article explores how ordinal numerals (like first, second and third) can help classify languages, focusing on the Semitic language family. Ordinals are often formed according to productive derivational processes, but as a separate word class, they may retain archaic morphology that is otherwise lost from the language.
Benjamin D. Suchard
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New Arabic Records From Cairo on Supernovae 1181 and 1006
Astronomische Nachrichten, Volume 346, Issue 9, November 2025.ABSTRACT The remnant of the historical supernova SN 1181 is under discussion: While the previously suggested G130.7+3.1 (3C58) appears too old (3000–5000 year), the unusual star IRAS00500+6713 with a surrounding nebula (Pa‐30) has an expansion age not inconsistent with a SN Iax explosion in ad 1181 under the assumption that neither acceleration nor ...
J. G. Fischer +3 more
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The Abbasid translation movement in context : contemporary voices on translation [PDF]
, 2010 Over the decades, an enormous amount of scholarly work has been devoted to the historical and literary context of the Greek-Arabic translations. Without it, we would not be able to answer vital questions about dating and translators.
Vagelpohl, Uwe
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Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 815-832, October 2024.Abstract This essay attempts to address a simple question: what does it mean to hear God? So much hangs upon learning something about hearing God: revelation, salvation, formation, vocation and mission, for example. What is the relationship then between hearing and knowing God?
Graham Ward
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