Wolfhart Heinrichsʼ Essays and Articles on Arabic Literature : Authors, Semitic Studies, and Islamic Jurisprudence

Wolfhart Heinrichs’ Essays and Articles on Arabic Literature: Authors, Semitic Studies, and Islamic Jurisprudence is the second of two volumes which showcase a great number of Heinrichs’ writings on Arabic literature, Semitic Studies, and Islamic Jurisprudence. Cover 1 Endorsements Page 2 Half Title 4 Series Page 5 Title Page 6 Copyright Page 7 Table of Contents 8 Frontispiece (A Portrait of the Scholar as a Young Man) 10 Foreword 11 Introductory 17 Authors 22 2006. Taʾabbaṭa Sharran, Goethe, Shākir 24 1989. Scherzhafter Badīʿ Bei Abū Nuwās 82 1994. Muslim b. al-Walīd und Badīʿ 96 2005. Ibn al-Muʿtazz: (1 November 861–17 December 908) 126 2008. Dead Garments, Poor Nobles, and a Handsome Youth: Notes on a Poem by al-Ṣanawbari 139 1990. The Meaning of Mutanabbī 166 1990. Al-Ǧauharīs Metrik 190 2005. Der Teil und das Ganze: Die Auto-Anthologie Ṣafī al-Dīn al-Ḥillīs 199 2009. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-ʿABBĀSĪ (al-Sayyid ʿAbd al-Raḥīm): (12 June 1463–1555 or 1556) 218 Semitic Studies, Arabic Linguistics 232 1990. Studies in Neo-Aramaic (Introduction) 234 2002. Peculiarities of the Verbal System of Senāya within the Framework of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) 243 1993. The Modern Assyrians – Name and Nation 275 1987. A South-Arabian Bronze Vessel (with Ilse Lichtenstadter) 289 2012. Ibn Khaldūn as a Historical Linguist with an Excursus on the Question of Ancient Gāf 298 2019. The Beginnings of Caseless Arabic 318 1997. The Etymology of Muqarnas: Some Observations 329 Jurisprudence, Juridical Rhetorics 338 2016. On the Figurative (Majāz) in Muslim Interpretation and Legal Hermeneutics 340 2002. Qawāʿid as a Genre of Legal Literature 356 1999. Structuring the Law: Remarks on the Furūq Literature 374 2014. “Genres” in the Kitāb al-Luqṭah of Ibn Rushd’s Bidāyat al-Mujtahid wa-Nihāyat al-Muqtaṣid 385 1977. Ǧadal Bei aṭ-Ṭūfī: Eine Interpretation Seiner Beispielsammlung 406 2005. Naǧm al-Dīn al-Ṭūfī on the Incorrect Reading of the Fātiḥa and Other Thought Experiments 418 Notes on the Index 435 Index of Classical Authors, Selected Book Titles, and Key Terms 436 Islamic,Jurisprudence;,Arabic;,Wolfhart,Heinrichs;,literature;,Semitic,Studies Islamic Jurisprudence,Arabic,Wolfhart Heinrichs,literature,Semitic Studies Wolfhart Heinrichs Essays and Articles on Arabic Authors, Semitic Studies, and Islamic Jurisprudence is the second of two volumes which 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 Sezgins fundamental Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums , and 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 them ground-breaking in the history of Arabic philology. He is also known for his studies on Semitic Linguistics and Islamic Jurisprudence. This volume collects relevant bibliographical data, offers an introductory essay on the author by his distinguished student, Michael Cooperson (UCLA), and then presents reprints of his articles and essays. These include the remainder of Heinrichs contributions to Arabic literature, dealing with a number of classical Arabic authors, to Semitic Studies in general (among them Aramaic and Neo-Aramaic), and to Rhetoric as used in Islamic Jurisprudence and in the game of scholarly debate ( jadal ). An index of classical authors, book-titles, and technical terms concludes the volume. This volume and its companion will appeal to students and researchers in the fields of Arabic Literature, Semitic Studies, and Islamic Jurisprudence. 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 philology. He is also known for his studies on Semitic linguistics and Islamic jurisprudence.This volume collects relevant bibliographical data, offers an introductory essay on the author by his distinguished student Michael Cooperson (UCLA), and presents reprints of his articles and essays. These include the remainder of Heinrichsʼ contributions to Arabic literature, dealing with a number of classical Arabic authors, Semitic studies in general (among them Aramaic and Neo-Aramaic), and Rhetoric as used in Islamic jurisprudence and in the game of scholarly debate (jadal). An index of classical authors, book titles, and technical terms concludes the volume.This volume and its companion will appeal to students and researchers in the fields of Arabic literature, Semitic Studies, and Islamic jurisprudence. Wolfhart Heinrichs'Essays and Articles on Arabic Literature: General Issues, Terms is the first of two volumes that showcase a great number of Heinrichsʼ writings on his central field of research: Arabic literature. This volume specifically looks at poetry and rhetoric, and their indigenous theories and terminologies.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 which were groundbreaking in the history of Arabic philology. He is also known for his studies on Semitic linguistics and Islamic jurisprudence.This volume collects relevant bibliographical data, offers an introductory essay on the author by his distinguished student Michael Cooperson (UCLA), and provides a selection of Wolfhart Heinrichs'essays. The articles in this volume deal with general issues in the field that are central to pre-modern Arab and Islamic culture, and their concepts and terminologies. An index of classical authors, book titles, and technical terms concludes the volume.This volume and the accompanying volume will appeal to students and researchers in the field of Arabic and Islamic Studies, and particularly to those interested in Arabic literature. Wolfhart Heinrichs Essays and Articles on Arabic General Issues, Terms is the first of two volumes which showcases a great number of Heinrichs writings on his central field of Arabic literature. This volume specifically looks at poetry and rhetoric, and their indigenous theories and terminologies. Wolfhart Heinrichs (1941-2014) was James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic at Harvard University. He is remembered as a significant adviser to Fuat Sezgins fundamental Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums , and 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 them ground-breaking in the history of Arabic philology. He is also known for his studies on Semitic Linguistics and Islamic Jurisprudence. This volume collects relevant bibliographical data, offers an introductory essay on the author by his distinguished student, Michael Cooperson (UCLA), and provides a selection of Wolfhart Heinrichs essays. The articles in this volume deal with general issues in the field, central to pre-modern Arab and Islamic culture, and their concepts and terminologies. An index of classical authors, book-titles, and technical terms concludes the volume. This volume and the accompanying volume will appeal to students and researchers in the field of Arabic and Islamic Studies, and particularly to those interested in Arabic literature.