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    Early Islamic Legal Theory: The Risala of Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i

    Joseph Lowry

    This book offers a comprehensive reinterpretation of Shafi'i’s Risala and shows how Shafi'i sought to formulate an all-embracing hermeneutic that portrays the law as a tightly interlocking structure organized around…

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    Essays in Arabic Literary Biography: II: 1350-1850

    The three volumes of Essays in Arabic Literary Biography contain entries by leading specialists in the field of Arabic literature studies devoted to the major representatives of the literary heritage…

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    Arabic Humanities, Islamic Thought: Essays in Honor of Everett K. Rowson

    The studies in this volume, which cover an unusually wide range of topics in the Arabic humanities and Islamic thought, explore the richness of the Arabic literary tradition and Islamic…

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    Arabic Belles Lettres

    Arabic Belles Lettres brings together ten studies that shed light on important questions in the study of Arabic language, literature, literary history, and writerly culture.

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    Law and Education in Medieval Islam: Studies in Memory of George Makdisi

    These ten essays were written in honour of George Makdisi, one of the great historians of Islamic law, theology and education, as well as of Islam’s teaching institutions and practices.

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    Concluding Unscientific Postscript

    Soren Kierkegaard

    Contents include: Foreword Editor’s Preface Introduction by the Editor Preface Introduction BOOK ONE: The Objective Problem Concerning the Truth of Christianity Introductory Remarks Chapter I: The Historical Point of View…

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    Concluding Unscientific Postscript

    Soren Kierkegaard

    Contents include: Foreword Editor’s Preface Introduction by the Editor Preface Introduction BOOK ONE: The Objective Problem Concerning the Truth of Christianity Introductory Remarks Chapter I: The Historical Point of View…

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    The Epistle on Legal Theory: A Translation of Al-Shafi'i’s Risalah

    Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i

    The Epistle on Legal Theory is the oldest surviving Arabic work on Islamic legal theory and the foundational document of Islamic jurisprudence. Its author, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d 204…

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    Garden Guide: New York City

    Nancy Berner,Susan Lowry

    A horticultural escape and guided tour through all the best- and little-known gardens in New York City’s five boroughs.

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    The Epistle on Legal Theory: A Translation of Al-Shafi'i’s Risalah

    Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i

    Includes a survey of the importance of Arabic as the language of revelation, principles of textual interpretation to be applied to the Qur'an and prophetic traditions, techniques for harmonizing apparently…

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