Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. 1. Introduction 1
4. PART 1 TEXTS, CONTEXTS AND TRANSMISSIONS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD
5. 2 The Writings of JaÝfar al-ÑÁdiq 14
6. 3 The Creeds of AÎmad Ibn Íanbal 29
7. 4 Sayyid NiÝmatullÁh al-JazÁÞirÐ and his (Literary) Anthologies 51
8. 5 Majlis Readings in the Golden Age of Islam: Text and intertext 62
9. 6 Intellectual Gold? Oxford’s Book of Curiosities and its importance for research on the Middle East and Islamic World 79
10. 7 Translations of Naguib Mahfouz in English 89
11. PART 2 TEXTS, CONTEXTS AND TRANSMISSIONS IN THE WEST
12. 8 The Lure of the Near East for European Travellers 96
13. 9 Charles Pellat and the Encyclopaedia of Islam : A personal reminiscence 104
14. 10 Arabic Printing in Scotland: An historical sketch 109
15. 11 ‘The usual Leiden types’ A compositor’s personal account of Brill’s Arabic printing in the late 19th and early 20th century 119
16. 12 L’organisation des collections orientales à la Bibliothèque nationale de France 133
17. 13 Some Arabic Textbooks from Kerala 141