Works by Platti, Emilio Giuseppe, 1943‒2021 as author 80
De Graf à Griffith
Since my arrival in Cairo in September 1972, I have been in touch with Jesuit Father Samir Khalil (b. 1938), who was a major scholar in Arab Christian studies. At that time, these studies were a sub-field in research on Middle Eastern Christians, especially those who spoke Coptic, Syriac, or Ethiopian. However, I progressively came to realize that as speakers of Arabic, these “Arab Christians” had a special status. In the process of their Arabicization, a process that took centuries, not only did they become part of the great Muslim-dominated Arab civilization, but they themselves participated in its construction. This development ended with Ibn Zurʿa (d. 398/1008), disciple of Yaḥyā b. ʿAdī (d. 363/974), who was the head of the School of Baghdad after the death of al-Fārābī (d. 339/950), and who had as his master the Christian scholar Abū Bišr Mattā (d. 328/940). This article traces the evolution of Arab Christian studies from Graf to Griffith over the last fifty years, and outlines the academic need to integrate these “Arab Christians” into the broader study of the Arab civilization.
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What is Islam ? de Shahab Ahmed (1966-2015)
Islamic studies have often focused on the question posed in the title of this book. Was it therefore necessary to add these 600 pages to the many studies that attempt to answer it? It is only by carefully reading this book that one realizes how significant Shahab Ahmed’s contribution is. Indeed, he deals with the issue from a particular point of view which has received very little scholarly attention: the Persian, Turkish Ottoman, and Urdu (not Arabic) speaking Islamic world, which extends from the Mediterranean to the Bay of Bengal, over the period of 1350 to 1850. This world has integrated Aristotelian philosophy, Sufi thought on enlightenment and the unity of existence, while, at the same time, building on the historical sources of Islam to shape a human world all its own. Elaborating on the categories of pre-Text, Text, and con-Text, the author compares his analyses with that of many famous anthropological scholars who studied Islam before him. Exciting as it is, the book does not come without its difficulties, such as a generalization of the specific Islamic world it describes.
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De Koran herontdekt
De afgelopen jaren is het wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar het ontstaan van de Koran en de vroege Islam in een stroomversnelling geraakt. Islamoloog en dominicaan Emilio Platti behandelt in dit boekje twee nieuwe belangrijke inzichten. Hij beschrijft de invloed van jodendom en christendom op de profeet Mohammed en de vroege islam. Daarnaast verduidelijkt Platti dat de algemeen aanvaarde tekst van de Koran (de textus receptus) vroegere versies kent die naar Mohammed zelf teruggaan. De auteur verduidelijkt de consequenties hiervan voor een beter begrip van de Koran en van de islam.
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ʿAbd al-Masīḥ al-Kindī on the Qurʾan
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Christiaan van Nispen tot Sevenaer (15 mars 1938-12 mai 2016)
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L'islamisme : forme moderne du radicalisme islamique
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La risāla d'Al-Kindī
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Criteria for authenticity of Prophecy
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Da Saladino agli Ottomani : l'Egitto, le sue scuole islamiche e l'ortodossia sunnita
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Towards an interpretation of Yaḥyā Ibn ʿAdī's terminology in his theological treatises
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Les thèses des philosophes rejetées par Ghazālī telles que les présente Yaḥyā ibn ʿAdī († 974)
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"Maryam and her Son as a Sign for the worlds" "Holy Mary", a modern islamic tale of prophets
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L'image de l'islam chez le dominicain Vincent de Beauvais (m. 1264)
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Des Arabes chrétiens et le Coran : pérennité d'une polémique
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Dialogue avec les musulmans et annonce du Christ
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Le Coran et l'idéologie politique islamiste : Mawdûdî (1903-1979)
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Risques respectifs du souci de fidélité dans l'islam et dans le christianisme
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Il contesto teologico dell'apprezzamento dell'islam di s. Tommaso
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Yaḥyā Ibn 'Adī : réflexions à propos de questions du kalām musulman
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Interreligious Dialogue from a Christian Perspective
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Vincent de Beauvais (m.1264) et ʿAbd al-Masîḫ al-Kindî
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