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Publication of "God is Beautiful: The Aesthetic Experience of the Quran" by Navid Kermani (February 2015)
Kermani (Navid), God is Beautiful: The Aesthetic Experience of the Quran, Hoboken, N.J, John Wiley, 2015, 400 p. ISBN 978-0745651675 (English version of "Gott ist shön. Das ästhetische Erleben (…)
Islam and Modern Muslim Thinkers (Seminar)
This 12-week seminar is a survey of the varied ways in which modern Muslim thinkers have grappled with challenging modern questions. Based on selected topics as such as Religion, State, Gender, (…)
Publication of "From Byzantine to Islamic Egypt: Religion, Identity and Politics after the Arab Conquest" by Maged S. A. Mikhail (January 2015)
Mikhail (Maged S. A.), From Byzantine to Islamic Egypt: Religion, Identity and Politics after the Arab Conquest, IB Tauris, ("Library of Middle East History"), 2014, 416 p. ISBN 9781848859388 (…)
Crucifixion and Death as Spectacle, Umayyad Crucifixion in Its Late Antique Context by Sean Anthony
Anthony (Sean A.), Crucifixion and Death as Spectacle, Umayyad Crucifixion in Its Late Antique Context, Ann Arbor, Eisenbraus, ("American Oriental Series; 96"), 2014, X+100 p. ISBN (…)
Rencontre autour de "Oralité et écriture dans la Bible et le Coran" (Mercredi 21 janvier, 10h)
Philippe Cassuto & Pierre Larcher, (AMU/Iremam) Mercredi 21 janvier 2015, 10h MMSH, Salle Paul-Albert Février Séance animée par Francesco Zappa (AMU/iremam) Cet ouvrage rassemble six (…)
Contemplating the Qur’an (Tadabbur al-Qur’an) Conference: The Qur’an and the Reading of History (April 20-21 2015)
Howard Divinity School Washington, DC April 20-21, 2015 That is a community that has passed away. Theirs is what they earned and yours is what you earned. You will not be questioned about what (…)
Books and Written culture of the Islamic world. Studies to Claude Gilliot on the occasion of his 75th birthday = Islamicae litterae. Scripta Claudio Gilliot Septuagesimum Quintum diem Natalem Celebranti Dicata / edited by Andrew Rippin and Roberto Tottoli (January 2015)
Books and Written culture of the Islamic world. Studies to Claude Gilliot on the occasion of his 75th birthday = Islamicae litterae. Scripta Claudio Gilliot Septuagesimum Quintum diem Natalem (…)
In God’s Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire by Robert HOYLAND (January 2015)
HOYLAND (Robert G.), In God’s Path, The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire, Oxford University Press, 2015, 304 p. ISBN 978-0-19-991636-8 The author Robert G. Hoyland is (…)
Oralité & Ecriture dans la Bible et le Coran (Philippe Cassuto and Pierre Larcher, eds)
Oralité & Ecriture dans la Bible et le Coran, (dir. Philippe Cassuto et Pierre Larcher), Aix en Provence, Presses Universitaires de Provence, 2014, 168 p. ISBN 78-2-85399-965-6 Presentation (…)
Al-Ḥīra, Eine arabische Kulturmetropole im spätantiken Kontext by Isabel Toral-Niehoff
Toral-Niehoff (Isabel), Al-Ḥīra,Eine arabische Kulturmetropole im spätantiken Kontext, Leiden, Brill, ("Islamic History and Civilization; 104"), 2014, xviii+244 pp. (with 3 ill.). ISBN (…)