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Representations of the Divine in Arabic Poetry
In Islam the fascination for “the word” is as vigorous as in Judaism and in Christianity, but an extra dimension is, that the revealed text, the Koran, is considered to be verbatim the word of the Almighty Himself, thereby providing the Arabic language with just an extra quality. No wonder that throughout Islamic history the study of the word, the Koran, the prophet’s utterances and the interpretation of both, has become the main axis of knowledge and education. As a consequence the intellectuals – and also the poets in Islamic culture - were thoroughly familiar with religious terms and the phraseology of a language which was highly estimated because of the divine origin with which it was associated. No wonder therefore, that allusions to religious texts can be found throughout Arabic literature, both classical and modern. The subject of this volume is the representation of the divine in Arabic poetry, be it the experience of the divine as expressed by poets or the use of imagery coined by religion.
Standing on Shoulders
Imagine a classroom where books and ideas from the world’s greatest minds are freely examined in lively discussions. Fill that classroom with a wide range of students spanning a 25-year period. Sit in on a candid conversation between these bright, young thinkers, and see where their insights take you. In Standing on Shoulders, Peter Bachmann embarks on just such an invigorating liberal arts journey, and invites us to join the exploration. Using material gleaned from over 400 student papers from the Great Books class he teaches at Flintridge Preparatory School, Bachman weaves together a virtual dialogue between himself and his students that transcends time and place. Together they examine the pertinence of past wisdom to the complex digital age of today, questioning and affirming the relevance of Aristotle, Shakespeare, Thoreau, and others as they attempt to define “the good life.” Thinkers from all walks of life and educational backgrounds will find relevance and resonance in these dialogues, and may well begin to reexamine the world’s oldest questions from a fresh, individual perspective.
We Are Wanderers We Are Seekers
Take a journey across five centuries and eighteen generations, to the heart of the Bergthold family legacy. This is the story of the Bergthold family’s search for freedom and opportunity. More deeply, it is the story of how their experiences shaped the lives and values that the family hold today. The story starts in Switzerland, with the Reformation. Bergtholds (or Berchtolds, as they may have been called then) had lived there years before Martin Luther broke with the Catholic Church. However, the stubbornness and independence of the Anabaptists led them to rebel against established authority. That rebellion led to persecution and motivated the families to move to places where they could l...
Current Catalog
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Ibn `Arabī's Mystical Poetics
The first full-length monograph devoted to the Dīwān (collected poems) of Muhyī I-Dīn Ibn `Arabī (1165-1240), a hugely influential figure in the development of Sufism.
Taking the Bite out of Rabies
Taking the Bite out of Rabies records the evolution of rabies management and control in Canada.
Wolfhart Heinrichsʼ Essays and Articles on Arabic Literature
Wolfhart Heinrichs’ Essays and Articles on Arabic Literature: Authors, Semitic Studies, and Islamic Jurisprudence is the second of two volumes that showcase a great number of Heinrichs’ writings on Arabic literature, Semitic Studies, and Islamic jurisprudence. Wolfhart Heinrichs (1941-2014) was James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic at Harvard University. He is remembered as a significant adviser to Fuat Sezginʼs fundamental Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums; as an editor of and contributor to the Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second edition; and, most importantly, as an author of many independent studies on Arabic literature, many of which were groundbreaking in the history of Arabic p...
Islam and Its Past
An edited collection on the historical, religious, and cultural contexts of the origins of the Qur'an.
Late Ottoman Origins of Modern Islamic Thought
In this major contribution to Muslim intellectual history, Andrew Hammond offers a vital reappraisal of the role of Late Ottoman Turkish scholars in shaping modern Islamic thought. Focusing on a poet, a sheikh and his deputy, Hammond re-evaluates the lives and legacies of three key figures who chose exile in Egypt as radical secular forces seized power in republican Turkey: Mehmed Akif, Mustafa Sabri and Zahid Kevseri. Examining a period when these scholars faced the dual challenge of non-conformist trends in Islam and Western science and philosophy, Hammond argues that these men, alongside Said Nursi who remained in Turkey, were the last bearers of the Ottoman Islamic tradition. Utilising both Arabic and Turkish sources, he transcends disciplinary conventions that divide histories along ethnic, linguistic and national lines, highlighting continuities across geographies and eras. Through this lens, Hammond is able to observe the long-neglected but lasting impact that these Late Ottoman thinkers had upon Turkish and Arab Islamist ideology.
