Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten

Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten PDF Author: Jacob Neusner
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004114920
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Condensing research concerning questions of religion which encompass the social history of ideas and the religious uses of language, this book deals with three questions: the relationship of the Mishnah to Scripture, the relationship of the religious ideas people hold to the world in which they live, and the religious meaning of the formalization of language that characterizes the Mishnah in particular. In discussing how the Mishnah relates to Scripture - in the (later) mythic language of Rabbinic Judaism: "the oral Torah" to "the written Torah" - a complete analysis is presented, based on a systematic application of a single taxonomic program. Then an examination is made of how the stages in the unfolding of the Halakhah of the Mishnah relate to the principal events of the times, which delineate those stages. Here focus is given to those pre-70 C.E. components of the Halakhah that later come to the surface in the Mishnah, but discussion extends to the periods from the destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E. to the Bar Kokhba War, concluded in ca. 135 C.E., then from the reconstruction, 135 C.E., to the closure of the Mishnah, 200 C.E. Finally attention is given to methods of interpreting the rhetorical forms of the Mishnah in the context of the social culture laid bare by the socio-linguistics of the documents concerned. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten

Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten PDF Author: Jacob Neusner
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004114920
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Book Description
Condensing research concerning questions of religion which encompass the social history of ideas and the religious uses of language, this book deals with three questions: the relationship of the Mishnah to Scripture, the relationship of the religious ideas people hold to the world in which they live, and the religious meaning of the formalization of language that characterizes the Mishnah in particular. In discussing how the Mishnah relates to Scripture - in the (later) mythic language of Rabbinic Judaism: "the oral Torah" to "the written Torah" - a complete analysis is presented, based on a systematic application of a single taxonomic program. Then an examination is made of how the stages in the unfolding of the Halakhah of the Mishnah relate to the principal events of the times, which delineate those stages. Here focus is given to those pre-70 C.E. components of the Halakhah that later come to the surface in the Mishnah, but discussion extends to the periods from the destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E. to the Bar Kokhba War, concluded in ca. 135 C.E., then from the reconstruction, 135 C.E., to the closure of the Mishnah, 200 C.E. Finally attention is given to methods of interpreting the rhetorical forms of the Mishnah in the context of the social culture laid bare by the socio-linguistics of the documents concerned. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

The Empire of the Mahdi

The Empire of the Mahdi PDF Author: Heinz Halm
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004492658
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 494

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In the 9th century, a secret sect of the Ismā‘īlīs -- known in the Middle Ages under the name of Fatimids -- arose to play a prominent role in the history of the Near East. Their supreme head today is the Agha Khan. In this mesmerising book, Heinz Halm describes the early history of the Fatimids, from the founding and spread of the secret society to the rise of the caliphal dynasty to power in North Africa and the founding of Cairo, their capital.

The Kingdom of Kush

The Kingdom of Kush PDF Author: László Török
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004294015
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 660

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The individual character of Kingdom of Kush has often been overshadowed by the overwhelming cultural presence of its neighbour Egypt. This handbook in our series "Handbuch der Orientalistik/Handbook of Oriental Studies" for the first time presents a comprehensive survey of the rich textual, archaeological and art historical evidence for this Middle Nile Region Kingdom of Kush. Basing itself both on the evidence and scholarly literature, this work discusses the emergence of the native state of Kush (after the Pharaonic domination in the 11th century B.C.), the rule of the Kings of Kush in Egypt (c. 760-656) and the intellectual foundations and political history of the Kingdom in the Napatan (7th - 3rd centuries) and Meroitic (3rd century B.C. - 4th century A.D.) periods.

Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten

Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten PDF Author: Han J. W. Drijvers
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004112841
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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This volume provides all the known Old Syriac Inscriptions from Edessa and surrounding Osrhoene from the first three centuries C.E. with translations, commentary, chapters on language, script and history, word indices, and a bibliography.

Handbuch Der Orientalistik

Handbuch Der Orientalistik PDF Author: Kais M. Firro
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789004094376
Category : Druzes
Languages : en
Pages : 395

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Handbuch der Orientalistik

Handbuch der Orientalistik PDF Author: John O. Hunwick
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004094505
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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The writings of the Muslim peoples of northeastern Africa

The writings of the Muslim peoples of northeastern Africa PDF Author: John O. Hunwick
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004109384
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Arabic Literature of Africa

Arabic Literature of Africa PDF Author: John O. Hunwick
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004104945
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 778

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Annotation. A guide to the scholarly and literary production of Muslim writers of West Africa, other than Nigeria, including both biographies of scholars and lists of their writings.

The Legacy of Muslim Spain

The Legacy of Muslim Spain PDF Author: Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004095991
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1164

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The civilisation of medieval Muslim Spain is perhaps the most brilliant and prosperous of its age and has been essential to the direction which civilisation in medieval Europe took. This volume is the first ever in any language to deal in a really comprehensive manner with all major aspects of Islamic civilisation in medieval Spain.

Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae, Volume One: -A-

Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae, Volume One: -A- PDF Author: Moshe Sharon
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004470034
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 311

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Western Palestine is extremely rich in Arabic inscriptions, whose dates range from as early as CE 150 until modern times. Most of the inscriptions date from the Islamic period, for under Islam the country gained particular religious and strategic importance, even though it made up only part of the larger province of Syria. This historical importance is clearly reflected in the hundreds of inscriptions, the texts of which cover a variety of topics: construction, dedication, religious endowments, epitaphs, Qur'anic texts, prayers and invocations, all now assembled in the Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae (CIAP). The CIAP follows the method established at the end of the 19th century by Max van Berchem, namely, the studying of the Arabic inscriptions 'in context'. Van Berchem managed to publish two volumes of the inscriptions from Jerusalem: the CIAP covers the entire country. The inscriptions are arranged according to site, and are studied in their respective topographical, historical and cultural context. In this way the CIAP offers more than a survey of inscriptions: it represents the epigraphical angle of the geographical history of the Holy Land. Volume One: (A) was published in 1997, Volume Two: (B-C) in 1999, Volume Three: (D-F) in 2004, Volume Four: (G) in 2008, an Addendum in 2007, Volume Five: (H-I) in 2013, Volume Six: J (1) in 2016 and Volume Seven: J (2) Jerusalem 1 in 2021. All volumes are still available.