Musicological Writings from the Modern Arab “Renaissance” in Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth-Century Syria and Egypt [PDF]
, 2019 Historians designate the early decades of the nineteenth century as the beginning of the modern era in the Middle East, initiated by Napoleon’s 1798 invasion of Egypt and the subsequent European colonial presence that extended into the twentieth century.
Popper, Tess
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There is no doubt. Muslim scholarship and society in 17th-century Central Sudanic Africa [PDF]
, 2015 In central sudanic Africa, the seventeenth century was a period of upheaval and major social change. Relations of power shifted, as did trade-routes and the meaning of Islam for ruling elites.
Dalen, D.A.M.E. van
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The Alexander Romance in the Persian Tradition: Its Influence on Persian History, Epic and Storytelling [PDF]
, 2016 This study aims to explore how the Alexander Romance entered the Persian literary tradition and to understand precisely its influence. The main question addressed is whether the Alexander Romance was part of the pre-Islamic Persian tradition and, if so ...
Manteghi Amin, Haila
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The Renaissance of Shi'i Islam [PDF]
The renaissance of Shi’i Islam began in the 9th/15th century when the Ismailis experienced the Anjudan revival and Twelver Shi’i traditions were also renewed. This renaissance gained further strength when the Safavids succeeded in establishing a state in
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The perfection of the soul in Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī's Al-Sirr al-maktūm. [PDF]
Al-Sirr al-Maktūm is one of the most compelling theoretical and practical accounts of astral magic written in the post-classical period of Islamic thought.
Noble, Michael Sebastian
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Review of ‘Sharia and the Concept of Benefit: The Use and Function of maṣlaḥa in Islamic Jurisprudence’. By Abdul Aziz bin Sattam. [PDF]
, 2019 Shah, Mustafa
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Traditional sunni epistemology in the scholarship of al-Hafiz al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (463AH/1071CE) [PDF]
, 2017 Bin Jamil, Khairil Husaini
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Arguments for the existence of God in classical Islamic thought : a reappraisal of perspectives and discourses [PDF]
, 2016 Erlwein, Hannah Christine
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Continuity and transformation: theosis in the Arabic translation of Gregory Nazianzen's Oration on Baptism (Oration 40) [PDF]
This doctoral thesis examines the Arabic translation of Gregory Nazianzen’s Oration on Baptism (Oration 40) by a tenth-eleventh century Melkite translator and writer, Ibrāhīm ibn Yūḥannā al-Anṭākī.
Tokay, Elif
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Imagining Hujja: proof and representation in the works of Al-Shaykh Al-Saduq [PDF]
, 2016 Warner, George
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