Jonathan E Brockopp
Biographic Data
| ID | 373981 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan E Brockopp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan E |
| FAMILY NAME | Brockopp |
| SIGNATURE | BROCKOPP J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1326-2718 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Recht und historische Entwicklung der Scharia im Islam, written by Christian Müller
Early Mālikī Manuscripts: A Retrospective
In this review article, I offer an overview of research undertaken thus far on early Mālikī Manuscripts, primarily the collection from Kairouan, Tunisia. Modern attention to this collection dates from the early twentieth century, as the collection itself moved from Kairouan to Tunis and back again. While access to Qurān manuscripts has been highly restricted, select scholars had been allowed to study and make copies of a limited number of legal m…
A tenth-century Islamic manuscript from Kairouan, Tunisia
A parchment bifolio from the Kairouan collection presents a mystery. But like pottery in an archeological dig, this fragment is in situ, and clues to the identity of the author, the text, and the community of scholars that wrote and preserved it, are found in the rich context of this unique collection. Together, these manuscripts bear witness to a fascinating history of literary and cultural production, not only in North Africa, but in the broade…
Sohaira Z. M. Siddiqui (2019), Law and Politics under the Abbasids: An intellectual portrait of al-Juwaynī
Muslim Medical Ethics: From Theory to Practice
Islamic Ethics of Life: Abortion, War, and Euthanasia
Muhammad's Heirs: The Rise of Muslim Scholarly Communities, 622–950
Muslim scholars are a vital part of Islam, and are sometimes considered 'heirs to the prophets', continuing Muhammad's work of establishing Islam in the centuries after his death. But this was not always the case: indeed, Muslims survived the turmoil of their first century largely without the help of scholars. In this book, Jonathan Brockopp seeks to determine the nature of Muslim scholarly communities and to account for their emergence from the …
Islamic Origins and Incidental Normativity
The problem of Islamic origins has received much attention by both popular writers and militants who seek to define Islam on the basis of its past. The academic response to this attention is often dismissive, arguing that the past is contested and so any single-minded construction is reductionist and simplistic. This is certainly true, but it risks ignoring both the power of this polemic and also the new consensus that has emerged among scholars …
Interpreting Material Evidence: "Religion at the "Origins of Islam
Slaves and Slavery
Introduction to Special Issue
For religious Muslims, preventing climate change and loss of habitat can be thought of as the preservation of God’s revelation. This essay provides an introduction to how Islam is engaged in protection of the environment, analyzing the four essays in this special issue
The Expert Witness in Islamic Courts: Medicine and Crafts in the Service of Law
Contradictory Evidence and the Exemplary Scholar: The Lives of Sahnun B. Saʿ Id (D. 854)
When writing biographies of historical figures, narrative convention requires that concision and clarity be wrested from sources that are multiple and often confusing. In this article, I argue that multiple accounts of a person's life may be more than an accident arising from the way that information was compiled. Rather, such multiplicity renders exemplary figures adaptable to a wide variety of circumstances, making them even more useful as a fo…
The Cambridge Companion to Muhammad
As the Messenger of God, Muhammad stands at the heart of the Islamic religion, revered by Muslims throughout the world. The Cambridge Companion to Muhammad comprises a collection of essays by some of the most accomplished scholars in the field exploring the life and legacy of the Prophet. The book is divided into three sections, the first charting his biography and the milieu into which he was born, the revelation of the Qur'ān, and his role with…
The Canonization of al-Bukhārī and Muslim. The Formation and Function of the Sunnī Hadīth Canon
Islamic Law and Society 17 (2010) 279-290 www.brill.nl/ils Islamic Law and Society © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/092893810X502968 Book Reviews e Canonization of al-Bukhārī and Muslim. e Formation and Function of the Sunnī Ḥadīth Canon. By Jonathan A. C. Brown. Leiden: Brill, 2007. Pp. xxii + 431. ISBN 978 90 04 15839 9. €135.00; $200.00. is is an unusual book in many ways, all of them good. Its scope is strikingly broad, it…
Islam and Bioethics: Beyond Abortion and Euthanasia
Muslim theologians, jurists, and healthcare workers have been addressing the challenges of modern biotechnology for years. Major textbooks on religion and bioethics cover Islam in one or two articles, offering only a general introduction to these important discussions. The five articles in this issue of the Journal of Religious Ethics , originating from a conference at Pennsylvania State University, are unusual in the specificity of their topics—…
Islam and Bioethics: Concerns, Challenges, and Responses
On 27-28 March 2006, Pennsylvania State University hosted an internationalconference on “Islam and Bioethics: Concerns, Challenges, and Responses.”Cosponsored by several academic units in the College of Liberal Arts, theconference brought in historians, health care professionals, theologians, and social scientists from ten different countries. Twenty-four papers were presented,along with Maren Grainger-Monsen’s documentary about an Afghaniimmigra…
The Minor Compendium of Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam (d. 214/829) and its reception in the early Mālikī school
Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam's Minor Compendium may be the earliest known handbook of Islamic law. Remarkably compact and comprehensive, it challenges depictions of the pre-classical period as a time of unsystematic legal scholarship, consisting of only "organic" texts and student notebooks. In this article, I argue for an early date for this text, based on analysis of the manuscript witnesses. I then compare the Minor Compendium with several contemporary t…
Baber Johansen Contingency in a Sacred Law: Legal and Ethical Norms in the Muslim Fiqh Leyde-Boston-Cologne, E. J. Brill, 1999, 521 p
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Terrorism and World Crisis: Jihad and Islamic History
s I think back on the week following the September 11 attack, I JL x.am still astonished at the extraordinary collaborative effort and sense of common purpose that generated the Statement by Scholars of the Islamic Religion.Our on-line discussions were marked by a sense of collegiality and urgency as we tried to counteract some of the physi cal and verbal backlash.But already at that point there were some who were lobbying for a more radical stat…
Early Maliki Law: Ibn Abd al-Hakam and His Major Compendium of Jurisprudence
This study presents the first biography of 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd al-h akam (d. 214/829), an important figure in the nascent Maliki school, and introduces his compendium of law. The subject of the Arabic text is the law of slavery, and two chapters examine early Maliki slave law in the context of other Near Eastern legal codes. The narrow focus on Ibn 'Abd al-h akam and his Compendium is used to refine the distinction between organic and fixed editio…
Contingency in a Sacred Law: Legal and Ethical Norms in the Muslim Fiqh
International audience
Early Mālikī Law: Ibn ‘Abd al-ḥakam and his Major Compendium of Jurisprudence
This study presents the first biography of ‘Abd Allāh b. ‘Abd al-ḥakam (d. 214/829), an important figure in the nascent Mālikī school, and introduces his compendium of law. The subject of the Arabic text is the law of slavery, and two chapters examine early Mālikī slave law in the context of other Near Eastern legal codes. The narrow focus on Ibn ‘Abd al-ḥakam and his Compendium is used to refine the distinction between "organic" and "fixed" edit…
Islamic Law: Theory and Practice
Literary Genealogies from the Mosque-Library of Kairouan
It is now thirty years since Sezgin published volume one of Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums in which he described all known manuscripts for early Maliki law. Due largely to the work of Miklos Muranyi, that chapter has been outdated by new discoveries which hold the possibility of adding a considerable amount to our knowledge of early Islamic society and the scholarly world of North Africa. First, we now have witnesses to many more texts, al…
Islamic Origins and Incidental Normativity
The problem of Islamic origins has received much attention by both popular writers and militants who seek to define Islam on the basis of its past. The academic response to this attention is often dismissive, arguing that the past is contested and so any single-minded construction is reductionist and simplistic. This is certainly true, but it risks ignoring both the power of this polemic and also the new consensus that has emerged among scholars …
Contradictory Evidence and the Exemplary Scholar: The Lives of Sahnun B. Saʿ Id (D. 854)
When writing biographies of historical figures, narrative convention requires that concision and clarity be wrested from sources that are multiple and often confusing. In this article, I argue that multiple accounts of a person's life may be more than an accident arising from the way that information was compiled. Rather, such multiplicity renders exemplary figures adaptable to a wide variety of circumstances, making them even more useful as a fo…
Interpreting Material Evidence: "Religion at the "Origins of Islam
Introduction to Special Issue
For religious Muslims, preventing climate change and loss of habitat can be thought of as the preservation of God’s revelation. This essay provides an introduction to how Islam is engaged in protection of the environment, analyzing the four essays in this special issue
Early Islamic Jurisprudence in Egypt: Two Scholars and Their Mukhtaṣars
Recent scholarship on the manuscript libraries of North Africa has substantially increased the amount of literature available for analysis of the formative period in Islamic law, particularly for the nascent Malikite school. Students of Islamic law are now in a position, for instance, to begin a re-assessment of the 9th century, the vital transition period between the ancient schools of the 7th and 8th centuries, and the establishment of the clas…
The Canonization of al-Bukhārī and Muslim. The Formation and Function of the Sunnī Hadīth Canon
Islamic Law and Society 17 (2010) 279-290 www.brill.nl/ils Islamic Law and Society © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/092893810X502968 Book Reviews e Canonization of al-Bukhārī and Muslim. e Formation and Function of the Sunnī Ḥadīth Canon. By Jonathan A. C. Brown. Leiden: Brill, 2007. Pp. xxii + 431. ISBN 978 90 04 15839 9. €135.00; $200.00. is is an unusual book in many ways, all of them good. Its scope is strikingly broad, it…
The Minor Compendium of Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam (d. 214/829) and its reception in the early Mālikī school
Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam's Minor Compendium may be the earliest known handbook of Islamic law. Remarkably compact and comprehensive, it challenges depictions of the pre-classical period as a time of unsystematic legal scholarship, consisting of only "organic" texts and student notebooks. In this article, I argue for an early date for this text, based on analysis of the manuscript witnesses. I then compare the Minor Compendium with several contemporary t…
Rereading the History of Early Mālikī Jurisprudence
Der heilige Krieg (Ǧihād) aus der Sicht der mālikitischen Rechtsschule (Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī)
Early Islamic Jurisprudence in Egypt: Two Scholars and Their Mukhtaṣars
Recent scholarship on the manuscript libraries of North Africa has substantially increased the amount of literature available for analysis of the formative period in Islamic law, particularly for the nascent Malikite school. Students of Islamic law are now in a position, for instance, to begin a re-assessment of the 9th century, the vital transition period between the ancient schools of the 7th and 8th centuries, and the establishment of the clas…
Rereading the History of Early Mālikī Jurisprudence
Literary Genealogies from the Mosque-Library of Kairouan
It is now thirty years since Sezgin published volume one of Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums in which he described all known manuscripts for early Maliki law. Due largely to the work of Miklos Muranyi, that chapter has been outdated by new discoveries which hold the possibility of adding a considerable amount to our knowledge of early Islamic society and the scholarly world of North Africa. First, we now have witnesses to many more texts, al…
Early Mālikī Law: Ibn ‘Abd al-ḥakam and his Major Compendium of Jurisprudence
This study presents the first biography of ‘Abd Allāh b. ‘Abd al-ḥakam (d. 214/829), an important figure in the nascent Mālikī school, and introduces his compendium of law. The subject of the Arabic text is the law of slavery, and two chapters examine early Mālikī slave law in the context of other Near Eastern legal codes. The narrow focus on Ibn ‘Abd al-ḥakam and his Compendium is used to refine the distinction between "organic" and "fixed" edit…
Islamic Law: Theory and Practice
Contingency in a Sacred Law: Legal and Ethical Norms in the Muslim Fiqh
International audience
Baber Johansen Contingency in a Sacred Law: Legal and Ethical Norms in the Muslim Fiqh Leyde-Boston-Cologne, E. J. Brill, 1999, 521 p
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Terrorism and World Crisis: Jihad and Islamic History
s I think back on the week following the September 11 attack, I JL x.am still astonished at the extraordinary collaborative effort and sense of common purpose that generated the Statement by Scholars of the Islamic Religion.Our on-line discussions were marked by a sense of collegiality and urgency as we tried to counteract some of the physi cal and verbal backlash.But already at that point there were some who were lobbying for a more radical stat…
Early Maliki Law: Ibn Abd al-Hakam and His Major Compendium of Jurisprudence
This study presents the first biography of 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd al-h akam (d. 214/829), an important figure in the nascent Maliki school, and introduces his compendium of law. The subject of the Arabic text is the law of slavery, and two chapters examine early Maliki slave law in the context of other Near Eastern legal codes. The narrow focus on Ibn 'Abd al-h akam and his Compendium is used to refine the distinction between organic and fixed editio…
The Minor Compendium of Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam (d. 214/829) and its reception in the early Mālikī school
Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam's Minor Compendium may be the earliest known handbook of Islamic law. Remarkably compact and comprehensive, it challenges depictions of the pre-classical period as a time of unsystematic legal scholarship, consisting of only "organic" texts and student notebooks. In this article, I argue for an early date for this text, based on analysis of the manuscript witnesses. I then compare the Minor Compendium with several contemporary t…
Islam and Bioethics: Concerns, Challenges, and Responses
On 27-28 March 2006, Pennsylvania State University hosted an internationalconference on “Islam and Bioethics: Concerns, Challenges, and Responses.”Cosponsored by several academic units in the College of Liberal Arts, theconference brought in historians, health care professionals, theologians, and social scientists from ten different countries. Twenty-four papers were presented,along with Maren Grainger-Monsen’s documentary about an Afghaniimmigra…
Islam and Bioethics: Beyond Abortion and Euthanasia
Muslim theologians, jurists, and healthcare workers have been addressing the challenges of modern biotechnology for years. Major textbooks on religion and bioethics cover Islam in one or two articles, offering only a general introduction to these important discussions. The five articles in this issue of the Journal of Religious Ethics , originating from a conference at Pennsylvania State University, are unusual in the specificity of their topics—…
The Cambridge Companion to Muhammad
As the Messenger of God, Muhammad stands at the heart of the Islamic religion, revered by Muslims throughout the world. The Cambridge Companion to Muhammad comprises a collection of essays by some of the most accomplished scholars in the field exploring the life and legacy of the Prophet. The book is divided into three sections, the first charting his biography and the milieu into which he was born, the revelation of the Qur'ān, and his role with…
The Canonization of al-Bukhārī and Muslim. The Formation and Function of the Sunnī Hadīth Canon
Islamic Law and Society 17 (2010) 279-290 www.brill.nl/ils Islamic Law and Society © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/092893810X502968 Book Reviews e Canonization of al-Bukhārī and Muslim. e Formation and Function of the Sunnī Ḥadīth Canon. By Jonathan A. C. Brown. Leiden: Brill, 2007. Pp. xxii + 431. ISBN 978 90 04 15839 9. €135.00; $200.00. is is an unusual book in many ways, all of them good. Its scope is strikingly broad, it…
Contradictory Evidence and the Exemplary Scholar: The Lives of Sahnun B. Saʿ Id (D. 854)
When writing biographies of historical figures, narrative convention requires that concision and clarity be wrested from sources that are multiple and often confusing. In this article, I argue that multiple accounts of a person's life may be more than an accident arising from the way that information was compiled. Rather, such multiplicity renders exemplary figures adaptable to a wide variety of circumstances, making them even more useful as a fo…
Introduction to Special Issue
For religious Muslims, preventing climate change and loss of habitat can be thought of as the preservation of God’s revelation. This essay provides an introduction to how Islam is engaged in protection of the environment, analyzing the four essays in this special issue
The Expert Witness in Islamic Courts: Medicine and Crafts in the Service of Law
Slaves and Slavery
Interpreting Material Evidence: "Religion at the "Origins of Islam
Islamic Origins and Incidental Normativity
The problem of Islamic origins has received much attention by both popular writers and militants who seek to define Islam on the basis of its past. The academic response to this attention is often dismissive, arguing that the past is contested and so any single-minded construction is reductionist and simplistic. This is certainly true, but it risks ignoring both the power of this polemic and also the new consensus that has emerged among scholars …
Muhammad's Heirs: The Rise of Muslim Scholarly Communities, 622–950
Muslim scholars are a vital part of Islam, and are sometimes considered 'heirs to the prophets', continuing Muhammad's work of establishing Islam in the centuries after his death. But this was not always the case: indeed, Muslims survived the turmoil of their first century largely without the help of scholars. In this book, Jonathan Brockopp seeks to determine the nature of Muslim scholarly communities and to account for their emergence from the …
Muslim Medical Ethics: From Theory to Practice
Islamic Ethics of Life: Abortion, War, and Euthanasia
A tenth-century Islamic manuscript from Kairouan, Tunisia
A parchment bifolio from the Kairouan collection presents a mystery. But like pottery in an archeological dig, this fragment is in situ, and clues to the identity of the author, the text, and the community of scholars that wrote and preserved it, are found in the rich context of this unique collection. Together, these manuscripts bear witness to a fascinating history of literary and cultural production, not only in North Africa, but in the broade…
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