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New Perspectives on Ibn Ê¿AsÄkir in Islamic Historiography
Series: - Islamic History and Civilization, Volume: 145
This volume contains six articles on Ibn Ê¿AsÄkir and his TaʾrÄ«kh madÄ«nat Dimashq illustrating a variety of perspectives and approaches to the material. It includes a seventh article that discusses the process by which the now standard DÄr al-fikr edition was compiled. The contributions address both the geographical and biographical sections of the TaʾrÄ«kh madÄ«nat Dimashq. Some of the authors examine Ibn Ê¿AsÄkirâs sources, while others describe how Ibn Ê¿AsÄkirâs works were used by later generations of scholars and how he influenced multiple genres of later writings. The volume also contains analyses of individual biographies and discussions of Ibn Ê¿AsÄkirâs treatment of larger classes of people, including the first analysis of his biographies of women. In sum, it illustrates both the wide range of topics that the TaʾrÄ«kh madÄ«nat Dimashq covers and the latest techniques for analyzing Ibn Ê¿AsÄkir and his work.
Contributors: Zayde Antrim, Steven Judd, Nancy Khalek, James Lindsay, Suleiman Mourad, Dana Sajdi, Jens Scheiner, Monika Winet.
Contributors: Zayde Antrim, Steven Judd, Nancy Khalek, James Lindsay, Suleiman Mourad, Dana Sajdi, Jens Scheiner, Monika Winet.
Steven Judd, Ph.D. (1997) University of Michigan, is Professor of Middle East History at Southern Connecticut State University. He has published a monograph and several articles on the Umayyad period, including Religious Scholars and the Umayyads (2013).
Jens Scheiner, Ph.D. (2009) Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Göttingen. He has published a monograph on the conquest of Damascus (2010) and edited a volume on the contexts of learning in Baghdad (2014).
Jens Scheiner, Ph.D. (2009) Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Göttingen. He has published a monograph on the conquest of Damascus (2010) and edited a volume on the contexts of learning in Baghdad (2014).
"The present volume gathers a variety of recent studies on [Ibn ËAsÄkir], his biographical dictionary, its respective topographical introduction, and his forty-hadith collection about jihad. It is a welcome addition to the far too small number of studies devoted to arguably the most prolific Arabic historiographical genre in the Middle Ages and one of its prominent representatives. The author who is the focal point of the present book has already attracted some attention but surely merits further research. The present book may inspire future research as it points towards possible new, fruitful directions." - Benedikt Reier, in: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 109 (2019)
"... Judd and Scheiner have produced a superb volume, reflecting an increasing interest in the various complexities of Ibn Ê¿AsÄkir's work, as well as the irreplaceable contribution he makes to understanding early Islamic Syria and the Umayyad period. [...] For scholars of Islamic historiography, this volume will prove a requisite addition to their libraries. Its meticulous scholarship and wide-ranging themes cover a broad swathe of this highly respected Islamic historian's life and times, and makes essential reading for those examining the waxing and waning of Ibn Ê¿AsÄkir's beloved city." - Christopher P. Clohessy, in: Islamochristiana 44 (2018)
"... Judd and Scheiner have produced a superb volume, reflecting an increasing interest in the various complexities of Ibn Ê¿AsÄkir's work, as well as the irreplaceable contribution he makes to understanding early Islamic Syria and the Umayyad period. [...] For scholars of Islamic historiography, this volume will prove a requisite addition to their libraries. Its meticulous scholarship and wide-ranging themes cover a broad swathe of this highly respected Islamic historian's life and times, and makes essential reading for those examining the waxing and waning of Ibn Ê¿AsÄkir's beloved city." - Christopher P. Clohessy, in: Islamochristiana 44 (2018)
All interested in 12th-century Syria, the Crusader period and the scholar Ibn Ê¿AsÄkir. In addition, anyone concerned with biographical dictionaries and the transmission of knowledge in that period.