Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatteri
2. TABLE OF CONTENTSv
3. LIST OF FIGURESxi
4. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORSxv
5. NEAR AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY: A HISTORICAL SKETCHxxxi
6. IAS SCHOLARS IN NEAR AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES, PAST AND PRESENT: A DIRECTORYxcix
7. FRUITS OF SCHOLARSHIP
8. THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY
9. “THERE WE SAT DOWN”: MAPPING SETTLEMENT PATTERNS IN SASANIAN BABYLONIA3
10. THE NEAR EASTERN HERITAGE IN GRECO-ROMAN ASTRONOMY11
11. ARABIA BEFORE ISLAM21
12. THE RISE AND FALL OF A JEWISH KINGDOM IN ARABIA33
13. ENTANGLEMENTS OF CLASSICS AND ORIENTALISM IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOLOGY, AND OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, CIRCA 190035
14. FOR A DIFFERENT HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH CENTURY CE: SYRIAC SOURCES AND SASANIAN AND ARAB-MUSLIM OCCUPATION OF THE MIDDLE EAST45
15. TRADE AND GEOGRAPHY IN THE ORIGINS AND SPREAD OF ISLAM48
16. NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE CONTINUATION OF ANCIENT SCIENCE AMONG THE ARABS66
17. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: THE RESTORATION OF CALIPHAL POLITICAL POWER IN THE MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC WORLD73
18. THE BIBLE AND THE QURʾAN
19. WHO WROTE THE TORAH? TEXTUAL, HISTORICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND IDEOLOGICAL CORNERSTONES OF THE FORMATION OF THE PENTATEUCH81
20. IS A QIBLA A QIBLA? SAMARITAN TRADITIONS ABOUT MOUNT GARIZIM IN CONTACT AND CONTENTION95
21. MUSLIM PERCEPTIONS AND RECEPTIONS OF THE BIBLE101
22. EDITING THE QURʾAN IN SIXTEENTH- AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE115
23. THE CONCEPT OF TIME IN THE QURʾAN118
24. THE VOICE OF GOD125
25. ISLAMIC INTELLECTUAL HISTORY WITHIN AND BEYOND DENOMINATIONAL BORDERS
26. VISUALIZATION AND MATERIAL CULTURES OF THE HEAVENS IN EURASIA AND NORTH AFRICA134
27. RETHINKING THE CANONS OF ISLAMIC INTELLECTUAL HISTORY154
28. THE PEOPLE OF JUSTICE AND MONOTHEISM: MONOTHEISM IN ISLAM AND JUDAISM164
29. THE NECESSITY OF A HISTORICAL APPROACH TO ISLAMIC THEOLOGY: TRACING MODERN ISLAMIC THOUGHT TO THE MIDDLE AGES170
30. ABRAHAM AND ARISTOTLE IN DIALOGUE173
31. WHAT MAKES AN ORATOR TRUSTWORTHY? SOME NOTES ON THE TRANSMISSION OF ARISTOTLE’S RHETORIC IN THE ARABIC WORLD AND ITS INTERPRETATION BY AL-ARABI181
32. ARISTOTLE AND AVICENNA ON THE HABITABILITY OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE188
33. PHYSICAL THEORY AND MEDICAL PRACTICE IN THE POST-AVICENNA ERA: YAʿQUB B. ISHAQ AL-ISRAʾILI ON PROPERTIES (EXPLORATORY NOTES)194
34. WAS FAKHR AL-DIN AL-RAZI AN AVERROIST AFTER ALL? ON THE DOUBLE-TRUTH THEORY IN MEDIEVAL LATIN AND ISLAMIC THOUGHT205
35. THE CHALLENGES OF DRUZE STUDIES217
36. ARABIC AND OTHER SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
37. CHASING AFTER A TRICKSTER: THE MAQAMAT BETWEEN PHILOLOGY AND WORLD LITERATURE228
38. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN LITERATURE IN TENTH-CENTURY ISLAMIC COURTS243
39. “A GLIMPSE OF THE MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES”: IBN TUFAYL ON LEARNING AND SPIRITUALITY WITHOUT PROPHETS AND SCRIPTURES251
40. ARAMAIC AND ENDANGERED LANGUAGES262
41. DOTS IN THE WRITING SYSTEMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST265
42. UNLOCKING MIDDLE EASTERN NAMES276
43. ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS AND LEGAL PRACTICES, LAW AND SOCIETY
44. JURISTS ON LITERATURE AND MEN OF LETTERS ON LAW: THE INTERFACES OF ISLAMIC LAW AND MEDIEVAL ARABIC LITERATURE285
45. LAW, ETHICS, AND THE PROBLEM OF DOMESTIC LABOR IN THE ISLAMIC MARRIAGE CONTRACT294
46. THE SHIʿITE INTERPRETATION OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN300
47. ISLAMIC LAW AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE CASE OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION304
48. A RENAISSANCE INTERRUPTED? DEBATING PERSONHOOD THROUGH A SEXUAL ACT IN THE TWELFTH-CENTURY CHRISTIANATE AND ISLAMICATE WORLDS308
49. SAY SOMETHING NICE: SUPPLICATIONS ON MEDIEVAL OBJECTS, AND WHY THEY MATTER322
50. TEN THESES ON WORKING WITH DEMONS (JINN) IN ISLAMIC STUDIES331
51. THE INVISIBILITY OF PATERNAL FILIATION: THE POWER OF INSTITUTIONS VERSUS SCIENTIFIC PROOF IN ROMAN AND MUSLIM LAW337
52. JOSEPH SCHACHT AND GERMAN ORIENTALISM IN THE 1920s AND 1930s344
53. THE ISLAMIC WEST AND BEYOND
54. THE OTHER EDGE: THE MAGHRIB IN THE MASHRIQ353
55. IDENTIFYING “THE MUFTI OF ORAN”: A DETECTIVE STORY359
56. CASTILIAN AND ARABIC: THE DEBATES ABOUT THE NATURAL LANGUAGES OF SPAIN363
57. PEACE AND QUIET IN CASTILE: BAPTIZED MUSLIMS, FEUDAL LORDS, AND THE ROYAL EXPULSION371
58. THE HERMENEUTICS OF ISLAMIC ORNAMENT: THE EXAMPLE OF THE ALHAMBRA375
59. THE OTTOMAN WORLD AND BEYOND
60. EDIRNE/ADRIANOPLE: THE BEST CITY IN GREECE390
61. THE CHIEF EUNUCH OF THE OTTOMAN IMPERIAL HAREM399
62. PERSIAN AESTHETICS IN OTTOMAN ALBUMS402
63. SYPHILIS AS MEASURE OF CIVILIZATION AND PROGRESS? OTTOMAN-TURKISH RESPONSES TO EUROPEAN MEDICAL DISCOURSES ON THE GENERAL PARESIS OF THE INSANE413
64. THE CONSTRUCTION OF ETHNICITY IN MEDIEVAL TURKIC EURASIA420
65. TAMERLANE’S (FICTITIOUS) PILGRIMAGE TO THE TOMBS OF THE PROPHETS429
66. BUILDING A FAMILY SHRINE IN OTTOMAN CAIRO436
67. IRANIAN AND PERSIANATE STUDIES
68. THE SHAPING OF THE HOLY SELF: ART AND RELIGIOUS LIFE IN MANICHAEISM443
69. PATRICIA CRONE’S CONTRIBUTION TO IRANIAN STUDIES450
70. LORD OF THE PLANETARY COURT: REVISITING A “NATIVIST PROPHET” OF EARLY MODERN IRAN455
71. NADIR SHAH IN IRANIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY: WARLORD OR NATIONAL HERO?467
72. THE BIRTH OF NEWSPAPER CULTURE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY IRAN475
73. A BRIEF HISTORY OF JUDEO-PERSIAN LITERATURE479
74. THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST AND ISLAM IN THE WEST
75. LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC LEGACIES IN MODERN EGYPT: THE ROLE OF THE INTELLECTUALS, 1900–1950485
76. ISIS AND AL-QAEDA-WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? UNDERSTANDING THE ADVERSARY495
77. JIHADI WEEPING505
78. FOR LOVE OF THE PROPHET: A REPLY515
79. LIVING IN A HUMANITARIAN WORLD: PALESTINIAN REFUGEES AND THE CHALLENGE OF LONG-TERM DISPLACEMENT522
80. THE MULTIPLE FIGURES OF THE WITNESS IN PALESTINE528
81. HAGAR: JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION FOR EQUALITY, CREATING A COMMON FUTURE IN ISRAEL543
82. LA NOUVELLE LAÏCITÉ AND ITS CRITICS: PREFACE TO THE FRENCH TRANSLATION OF THE POLITICS OF THE VEIL546