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Hat die Scharia eine Geschichte? Und welche gesellschaftliche Rolle spielt das Rechtsdenken (fiqh) im Islam? Hierauf bietet dieses Buch fundierte Antworten aufgrund neuer Fakten …
Concepts such as influence, imitation, emulation, transmission or plagiarism are transcendental to cultural history and the subject of universal debate. They are not mere labels …
Seventh and eighth-century papyri, inscriptions, and coins constitute the main evidence for the rise of Arabic as a hegemonic language emerging from the complex fabric of …
The book re-examines the religious thought and receptions of the Syrian poet Abu l-?Ala? al-Ma?arri (d.1057) and one of his best known works - Luzum ma la yalzam (The Self-Imposed …