Translating the Bible into Arabic : historical, text-critical and literary aspects ; [conference "Linguistic and cultural aspects of translation - the Arabic Bible", held in Beirut in December 2008]

Arabic translations of the Bible exemplify the complexities of translation as a linguistic operation, and they also illustrate the intricate aspects of their embeddedness in particular cultural and social settings. They are particularly related to multiconfessional and multilingual backgrounds, and thus represent the potential of translation as a means of creating modes of expression, ideas and concepts on the ground of a mediating process. This was the guiding supposition for a conference on “Linguistic and Cultural Aspects of Translation – The Arabic Bible”, held in Beirut in December 2008. This volume contains papers presented and results of the discussions during the conference and shows the interwoven character of different Bible editions during the last 500 years and before.edited by Sara Binay, Stefan LederConference "Linguistic and cultural aspects of translation - the Arabic Bible"Beitr. teilw. engl., teilw. arab. - Teilw. in arab. Schr., arab

"Die Wunder der Schöpfung" : Mensch und Natur in der türksprachigen Welt ; [... internationale Symposium "Die Wunder der Schöpfung. Mensch und Natur in der türksprachigen Welt" (Freie Universität Berlin, 26.-28. Juli 2007) ... ]

hrsg. von Brigitte Heuer; Barbara Kellner-Heinkele; Claus SchönigBeitr. teilw. in dt., teilw. in engl. Sprach

Prints and impressions from Ottoman Smyrna : the Collection de costumes civils et militaires, scènes populaires, et vues de l’Asie-Mineure Album (1836-38) at Harvard University’s Fine Arts Library

Gwendolyn Collaço (ed.) ; with historical comments by Evangelia Balta & Richard Wittman

Abāẓa - aš-Šarqāwī

Contemporary Arab writers : biographies and autobiographie

The local and the global in networks of Lebanese and Algerian rappers

Rapmusiker, Hip-Hop, Arabische Musik, Libanon, Algerien, Netzwerk, TwitterThis article discusses border-crossing interconnections and processes of glocalization in Arab(ic) hip hop culture. It is based on an analysis of collaborative networks among Lebanese and Algerian rappers, and their Twitter networks. This approach is grounded in relational sociology, which assumes that culture is the product of interactions between individuals. Here, two interactions are modeled and analyzed as networks. At first, featurings as a form of artistic collaboration are examined. Secondly, Twitter followings, as an important form of online communication, are focused on. By analyzing network-structures like clusters and node properties like the number of connections to other nodes (degree), this article takes a quantitative viewpoint on a subject matter usually analyzed by qualitative tools. The article’s findings indicate the parallel existence of an Algerian and an Eastern Arab(ic) hip hop community excluding the Maghreb region. Both communities have social media connections to the US-American hip hop scene, while French hip hop seems to only play a bigger role in Algeria.Felix Wiedemann, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, D

The user-friendly Galen : Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq and the adaptation of Greek medicine for a new audience

Uwe Vagelpoh

Imperial muslims : Islam, community and authority in the Indian Ocean, 1839-1937

A great deal has been written about the webs, nodes and networks created by Britain?s Indian Ocean Empire during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Much of the focus has been on the political, legal or economic consequences of empire; this book redresses the balance, devoting its attention to the personal and social. Using the British Settlement of Aden, it examines the development of a local Muslim community within the spaces created by imperial rule from the mid-nineteenth through mid-twentieth century. It explores how individuals from widely disparate backgrounds brought together by the networks of empire created a cohesive community utilizing the one commonality at their disposal: their faith. Specifically, it examines how religious institutions and spiritual ideas served as parameters for the creation of community and the kinds of symbolic and cultural capital an individual needed to attain communal membership and influence within the confines of imperial ruleScott S. Reeseen

[Rezension von: Litvak, Meir, Shiʿi scholars of nineteenth-century Iraq]

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Muğam fälsäfäsi

Mugham, Traditional Music, Universal Sound, Thought and Music, Mugham as "Soft Power", Philosophy of MusicMugham is the traditional music of Azerbaijan. In the book, Mugham which presented as a manifestation of Universal Sound is mainly researched as a way of thinking. For this purpose, comparisons are made between Mugham and philosophical currents, especially Sufism. The parallel study of Mugham with the history of national thinking also clarifies some important points of national mentality. In accordance with the spirit of the modern era in the book also studies the multicultural essence of Mugham. With that very important truth is emphasized: according to its power of influence and mission, mugham is the "soft power" of Azerbaijan. The book is designed for experts, junior researchers and wide reader mass. The monograph was published within the project of the Science Development Foundation under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.Könül BünyadzadäPhilosophy of Mugha

Islam im Abseits? : Eine Antwort auf Alexander Dobrindt aus islamwissenschaftlicher Perspektive

Anja Pistor-Hatam Stefan Reichmut