Khalid Yahya Blankinship
Biographic Data
| ID | 1444073 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Khalid Yahya Blankinship |
| GIVEN NAMES | Khalid Yahya |
| FAMILY NAME | Blankinship |
| SIGNATURE | BLANKINSHIP K Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Temple College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Disenchanting the Caliphate: The Secular Discipline of Power in Abbasid Political Thought By Hayrettin Yücesoy
The Inimitable Qurʾān: Some Problems in English Translations of the Qurʾān with Reference to Rhetorical Features
In The Inimitable Qurʾān: Some Problems in English Translations of the Qurʾān with Reference to Rhetorical Features, Khalid Yahya Blankinship examines certain Arabic rhetorical features of the Qurʾān as represented in seven English translations. The author addresses the intersection of two important topics in Qurʾānic studies: the critique of the available English translations and the role of rhetoric in the interpretation of the Qurʾān. He ident…
Parity of Muslim and Western Concepts of Just War
The early creed
The intellectual milieu of seventh-century Mecca and Medina into which the Qur'an came was rustic, and bore no resemblance to the environment of the urbanised, far more literate societies of the organised empires of the Romans and Persians to the north. While literacy was nowhere widespread in early medieval times, it seems to have been especially lacking in the Arabian peninsula, where the prevalent Arabic language appears not to have possessed …
The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology
This series of critical reflections on the evolution and major themes of pre-modern Muslim theology begins with the revelation of the Koran, and extends to the beginnings of modernity in the eighteenth century. The significance of Islamic theology reflects the immense importance of Islam in the history of monotheism, to which it has brought a unique approach and style, and a range of solutions which are of abiding interest. Devoting especial atte…
The End of the jihād state: The Reign of Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads
The History of al-Tabari, Vol. X, The Conquest of Arabia
The Early ʿAbbâsî Empire. Vol. 2. The Son and Grandsons of al-Manṣûr: The Reigns of al-Mahdî, al-Hâdî and Hârûn al-Rashîd . Muḥammad B. Jarîr al-Ṭabarî , John Alden Williams
An Early Islamic Family from Oman: Al-ʿAwtabī's Account of the Muhallabids
Islam and World History: Towards a New Periodization
The Western Scheme for the Periodization of HistoryAmong the greatest problems met with in historical work generally isthe frequent inability of the historian to liberate himself/herself from hidherown immediate background and environment and to cultivate a sense ofdetachment. Yet such detachment is necessary, for even if it will not leadto true objectivity, it will at least help produce more accurate results.Unfortunately, this detachment is the…
The History of al-Tabari. Volume I, General Introduction and from the Creation to the Flood
The Tribal Factor in the ʿAbbāsid Revolution: The Betrayal of the Imam Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad
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The Tribal Factor in the ʿAbbāsid Revolution: The Betrayal of the Imam Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad
Islam and World History: Towards a New Periodization
The Western Scheme for the Periodization of HistoryAmong the greatest problems met with in historical work generally isthe frequent inability of the historian to liberate himself/herself from hidherown immediate background and environment and to cultivate a sense ofdetachment. Yet such detachment is necessary, for even if it will not leadto true objectivity, it will at least help produce more accurate results.Unfortunately, this detachment is the…
The History of al-Tabari. Volume I, General Introduction and from the Creation to the Flood
The Early ʿAbbâsî Empire. Vol. 2. The Son and Grandsons of al-Manṣûr: The Reigns of al-Mahdî, al-Hâdî and Hârûn al-Rashîd . Muḥammad B. Jarîr al-Ṭabarî , John Alden Williams
An Early Islamic Family from Oman: Al-ʿAwtabī's Account of the Muhallabids
The History of al-Tabari, Vol. X, The Conquest of Arabia
The End of the jihād state: The Reign of Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik and the Collapse of the Umayyads
The early creed
The intellectual milieu of seventh-century Mecca and Medina into which the Qur'an came was rustic, and bore no resemblance to the environment of the urbanised, far more literate societies of the organised empires of the Romans and Persians to the north. While literacy was nowhere widespread in early medieval times, it seems to have been especially lacking in the Arabian peninsula, where the prevalent Arabic language appears not to have possessed …
The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology
This series of critical reflections on the evolution and major themes of pre-modern Muslim theology begins with the revelation of the Koran, and extends to the beginnings of modernity in the eighteenth century. The significance of Islamic theology reflects the immense importance of Islam in the history of monotheism, to which it has brought a unique approach and style, and a range of solutions which are of abiding interest. Devoting especial atte…
Parity of Muslim and Western Concepts of Just War
The Inimitable Qurʾān: Some Problems in English Translations of the Qurʾān with Reference to Rhetorical Features
In The Inimitable Qurʾān: Some Problems in English Translations of the Qurʾān with Reference to Rhetorical Features, Khalid Yahya Blankinship examines certain Arabic rhetorical features of the Qurʾān as represented in seven English translations. The author addresses the intersection of two important topics in Qurʾānic studies: the critique of the available English translations and the role of rhetoric in the interpretation of the Qurʾān. He ident…
Disenchanting the Caliphate: The Secular Discipline of Power in Abbasid Political Thought By Hayrettin Yücesoy
Islamic Studies and History (10 works) · History (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Islam (6 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works)