Studies in Islamic and Middle Eastern texts and traditions : in memory of Norman Calder

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Studies in Islamic and Middle Eastern texts and traditions : in memory of Norman Calder

edited by G.R. Hawting, J.A. Mojaddedi and A. Samely

(Journal of semitic studies, Supplement ; 12)

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the University of Manchester, 2000

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Studies in memory of Norman Calder

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Published works of Norman Calder: p. 9-10

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume reflects the late Norman Calder's own interests and contributions. It includes articles by scholars who are already renowned, like Calder, for their sophisticated and challenging approaches to Arabic and Islamic texts. The papers are on a variety of topics of interest to people in the field of Middle Eastern cultures, and similar in nature to other collections, conference volumes and Festschriften. Also represented are his former students colleagues working in the field of Rabbinic Studies, which informed his own work. Topics include: Transformations of Jewish Traditions in Early Islam: The case of Enoch/Idris, Narrative and Doctrine in the First Story of Rumi's Masnavi, Fiqh for beginners: an Anatolian text on jihad, Research Muslim Minorities: some reflections on fieldwork in Britain, Defective marriages in classical Hanafi law, and Can rights co-exist with religion?

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  • NCID
    BA50891314
  • ISBN
    • 0199290067
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    engfre
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford ; Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    vi, 306 p., [1] leaf of plates
  • Size
    25 cm
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