Light upon light : essays in Islamic thought and history in honor of Gerhard Bowering
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Light upon light : essays in Islamic thought and history in honor of Gerhard Bowering
（Islamic history and civilization, v. 164）
Brill, c2020
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Light upon Light: Essays in Islamic Thought and History in Honor of Gerhard Bowering brings together studies that explore the richness of Islamic intellectual life in the pre-modern period. Leading scholars around the world present nineteen studies that explore diverse areas of Islamic Studies, in honor of a renowned scholar and teacher: Professor Dr. Gerhard Bowering (Yale University). The volume includes contributions in four main areas: (1) Quran and Early Islam; (2) Sufism, Shi'ism, and Esotericism; (3) Philosophy; (4) Literature and Culture. These areas reflect the enormous breadth of Professor Bowering's contributions to the field over a lifetime of scholarship, teaching, and mentoring.
Contributors: Hussein Ali Abdulsater, Mushegh Asatryan, Shahzad Bashir, Jonathan Brockopp, Yousef Casewit, Jamal Elias, Janis Esots, Li Guo, Matthew Ingalls, Tariq Jaffer, Mareike Koertner, Joseph Lumbard, Matthew Melvin-Koushki, Mahan Mirza, Bilal Orfali, Gabriel Reynolds, Nada Saab, Amina Steinfels & Alexander Treiger.
Table of Contents
Preface
Publications by Gerhard Bowering
Notes on Contributors
PART 1
Quran and Early Islam
Scholarship and Folklore? A Comparison of the Earliest Sources: 'Urwa b. al-Zubayr and Wahb b. al-Munabbih
(Mareike Koertner)
The Rise of Islam in a Judeo-Christian Context
(Jonathan Brockopp)
Biblical Turns of Phrase in the Quran
(Gabriel Said Reynolds)
The Interpretation of the Covenant Verse in Classical Imami Theology
(Hussein Ali Abdulsater)
Kitab intiza'at al-Qur'an al-'azim: A Compendium of Quranic Quotations Attributed to the Fatimid Secretary Abu l-Qasim 'Ali Ibn al-Sayrafi (d. 542/1147)
(Bilal W. Orfali)
PART 2
Sufism, Shi'ism, and Esotericism
Risala fi l-sifat wa-'ilm al-tawhid: A Sufi Treatise Attributed to Abu Sa'id Ahmad b. 'Isa al-Kharraz (d. 286/899)
(Nada Saab)
Shi'i Literature in the Late Ninth Century: Ishaq al-Ahmar al-Nakha'i (d. 286/899) and His Writings
(Mushegh Asatryan)
The Treatise on the Ascension (al-Risala al-mi'rajiyya): Cosmology and Time in the Writings of Abu l-Hasan al-Shushtari (d. 668/1269)
(Yousef Casewit)
The Image of Qalandar in the Divan-i Shams
(Janis Esots)
Pseudo-Shaykh Baha'i on the Supreme Name, a Safavid-Qajar Lettrist Classic
(Matthew Melvin-Koushki)
Sufism and Islamic Identity in Jalaluddin Rumi's Anatolia
(Jamal J. Elias)
India as a Sufi Spacetime in the Work of Jamali of Delhi
(Shahzad Bashir)
PART 3
Philosophy
Knowledge on Display: Fakhr al-Din al-Razi's Universal Compendium
(Amina M. Steinfels)
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi's Taxonomy of Extraordinary Acts
(Tariq Jaffer)
Believing Is Seeing: The Universe in the Eyes of al-Biruni and Ibn Sina
(Mahan Mirza)
Al-Ghazali's Philosophical Soteriology
(Alexander Treiger)
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali and the Art of Knowing
(Joseph Lumbard)
PART 4
Literature and Culture
Religious Satire in the Maqamat of al-Hamadhani
(Matthew Ingalls)
Doctrinal Anxiety and Social Reality regarding Music and Dance in Mamluk Cairo: Ibn al-Hajj on al-Sama', To Sing or Not: The Case against Music
(Li Guo)
Index of Arabic and Persian Term
Index of Proper Names
by "Nielsen BookData"