Sources and approaches across disciplines in Near Eastern studies
Subtitle: proceedings of the 24th congress, Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants, Leipzig 2008
By: edited by Verena Klemm and Nuha Al-Sha'ar ; with L. Behzadi [and 8 others]
Contributors: Klemm, Verena, 1956-; Al-Sha'ar, Nuha
Series: Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta -- 215; Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta -- 215.
Publisher: Peeters; Department Oosterse Studies; Peeters Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leuven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9789042925588
Subjects: Islamic civilization; Study and teaching; Congresses
Other titles: Proceedings of the 24th congress, Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants, Leipzig 2008
Description: This volume collects papers from the 24th Congress of the Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants (UEAI) in 2008 at the University of Leipzig. Original research and new approaches illustrate its theme of Sources and Approaches across Disciplines in Near Eastern Studies. The studies span Muslim culture, civilizations, and intellectual thought in the medieval and modern periods. The contributions demonstrate the benefits of following methodological and interdisciplinary approaches that draw upon literary criticism, sociology and anthropology in the field of among others Qur'anic studies, religion, philosophy and mysticism. The volume also highlights the commonalities and overlaps that exist between these different branches and fosters cooperative study across a wide cultural, historical, and sociological milieu. Rather than following an isolated approach to their areas of study, academics in different fields of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies benefited from one another's methodologies, and collectively built a wide body of knowledge.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English, German and French.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Qur{u2019}an, Religion, Philosophy and Mystics ; Abboud H.: Surat Maryam and the Pre- Islamic Panegyrical Ode: A Study of the Tripartite Structure {u2014} Al-Sha{u2019}ar N.: Between Love and Social Aspiration: The Influence of Sufi and Greek Concepts of Love on the Socio-Political Thought of the Ikhwan al-Safa{u2019}, Miskawayh, and al-TawÌidi {u2014} Bottini L.: Entre informations bibliographiques et biographiques: les Rijal de Najashi {u2014} Calderini S.: Classical Sources on the Permissibility of Female Imams: An Analysis of Some Hadiths about Umm Waraqa {u2014} Arcas Campoy M.: À propos de la terminologie (mustalahat) du droit de succession (al-fara{u2019}id): le Coran et le Muwatta{u2019} {u2014} Frolov D.: The Role of Prayers in the Composition of the Qur{u2019}an {u2014} Melchert C.: Quantitative Approaches to Early Islamic Piety {u2014} Platti E.: Entre théologie et philosophie: des Arabes chrétiens dans l{u2019}oeuvre de Shlomo Pines (1908{u2013}1990) {u2014} Scattolin G.: {u2018}Abd al-Malik al-Kharkushi (d. 407/1016). His Sufi Treatise Tahdhib al-asrar {u2014} Straface A.: Abalisa and Shayatin: A Qarmatian-Isma{u2019}ili Interpretation. The Case of the Kitab shajarat alyaqin {u2014} van Leeuwen R.: Reformist Islam and Popular Beliefs: Rashid Rida{u2019}s Attack against the Cult of Shrines {u2014} van Reeth J.: Le mi{u2019}rag du Prophète {u2026} ou les mirages d{u2019}une recherche effrénée? {u2014} Waardenburg J.: Studying Islam as a Living Religion: Reflections.; title: Part 2. State and Society in History and the Present: ; Arat M. K.: Les interdictions du foulard en France, en Allemagne et en Turquie {u2014} Bavry R.: Norms, Gender, and Political Representation: Recent Experiences of the Women{u2019}s Movement in Jordan (c. 1995{u2013}2007) {u2014} Carballeira Debasa A. M.: Poverty and Charity in al-Andalus: The Case of Pious and Family Endowments {u2014} Hämeen- Anttila J.: Khalid ibn Safwan {u2013} Between History and Literature {u2014} Pellitteri A.: Les articles sur la Palestine (1947{u2013}1948) du Sayh Muhammad al-Bashir al-Ibrahimi: l{u2019}autre face du texte discours politique et histoire {u2014} Reinfandt L.: The Political Papyrologist: Adolf Grohmann (1887{u2013} 1977) {u2014} Shatzmiller M.: The Role of Money in the Economic Growth of the Early Islamic Period (650{u2013}1000).; title: Part 3. Literature and Rhetoric ; Attar S.: The Futility of Friendship with Egoistic Westerners in Modern Arabic Texts {u2014} Baffioni C.: Nasir-i Khosrow, Translator of the Ikhwan al-Safa{u2019}? {u2014} Cassarino M.: La conception du temps dans le Kitab al-imta{u2019} wa{u2019}l-mu{u2019}anasa: poétique de l{u2019}obscurité et texture du conte {u2014} Corrao F. M.: Street Performers in the Shadow Plays of Ibn Daniyal al-Mawsili {u2014} Dziekan M. M.: {u2018}Imad ad-Din Halil und seine islamische Literaturtheorie und -kritik {u2014} Michalak-Pikulska B.: The Beginnings of Short Story Writing in Qatar {u2014} Ossipova C.: The System of Colouration in Medieval Arabic Wine Poetry {u2014} Schippers A.: Flower Poems in Arabic, Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew Andalusian Poetry {u2014}; title: Part 5. Mathematics snd Astronomy ; Aguiar Aguilar M.: A Contribution on the Textual History of Islamic Astronomical Instruments. The Production of Arabic Texts on the Sine Quadrant Devoted to Teaching from the Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries {u2014} Martos J.:Les premiers mathématiciens dans al-Andalus {u2014} Nash H. / Agius D. A.: Star Charts from Oman {u2014} Thomann J.: A Mathematician{u2019}s Manifesto on Scientific Reasoning against Religious Convictions; title: Part 6.Art and Epigraphy ; Grassi V.: Abbreviations and Mock Inscriptions in Arabic Epigraphy {u2014} Souto J.: Graffiti in the mihrab of the Great Mosque of Cordova.