Maurice A Pomerantz
Biographic Data
| ID | 4120576 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maurice A Pomerantz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maurice A |
| FAMILY NAME | Pomerantz |
| SIGNATURE | POMERANTZ M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1 American University of Beirut—New York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
How to End Things in Arabic Literature
What the Qāḍī Should Not Hear
The Maqāma Šāmiyya of Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamaḏānī (d. 398/1008) has long been overlooked as a result of the decision of Muḥammad ʿAbduh to remove it from the first modern published edition of the Maqāmāt . This article provides a scholarly edition of the maqāma , a translation, and a study. It argues that al-Hamaḏānī’s Šāmiyya uses the rhetorical device of kināya to reflect on the power of language and literary performance
La Pensée d’Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ
La Pensée d’Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ: Un «agent double» dans le monde persan et arabe. By István T. Kristó-Nagy. Studia Arabica, vol. 19. Paris: Éditions de Paris, 2013. Pp. 605. €34 (paper
The Heritage of Arabo-Islamic Learning
The Arabo-Islamic heritage of the Islam is among the richest, most diverse, and longest-lasting literary traditions in the world. Born from a culture and religion that valued teaching, Arabo-Islamic learning spread from the seventh century and has had a lasting impact until the present.In The Heritage of Arabo-Islamic Learning leading scholars around the world present twenty-five studies explore diverse areas of Arabo-Islamic heritage in honor of…
The heritage of Arabo-Islamic learning
"The Arabo-Islamic heritage of the Islam is among the richest, most diverse, and longest-lasting literary traditions in the world. Born from a culture and religion that valued teaching, Arabo-Islamic learning spread from the seventh century and has had a lasting impact until the present.In The Heritage of Arabo-Islamic Learning leading scholars around the world present twenty-five studies explore diverse areas of Arabo-Islamic heritage in honor o…
Tales from the Crypt
IntroductionThe Seven Voyages of Sindbad, also known as the Seaman and the Landsman are among the most well known tales of the Arabian Nights. The tales were not part of the famed Galland Manuscript dating from the middle of the fijifteenth century (Marzolph and Van Leeuvan 2: 635). Rather, Antoine Galland (d. 1715) discovered manuscripts of the work during his travels in Turkey. (Mahdi 17-20; Marzolph Sindbad der Seefahrer, 701). Galland was suf…
Political Biography of al-Ṣāḥib Ismāʿīl b. ʿAbbād (d. 385/995)
In the medieval Islamic world, eloquent expression was an important skill for statesmen to acquire, such that many of the leading viziers were often prominent belletrists. Among the most well known of these literary figures was the Būyid vizier Ibn ʿAbbād (d. 385/995). Drawing from a wide range of historical and literary sources, this article compiles and corroborates the many accounts relating to Ibn ʿAbbād’s political career, beginning with his…
A Maqāma Collection by a Mamlūk Historian
This article is a description and guide to the contents of al-Maqāmāt al-Ǧalāliyya by al-Ḥasan b. Abī Muḥammad al-Ṣafadī ( fl . first quarter of the 8th/14th c.). The article begins with a discussion of the life of the author al-Ṣafadī and his works. It provides evidence for his biography derived from unpublished manuscript sources. The article then considers features of the authorial context of al-Maqāmāt al-Ǧalāliyya , including notes found in …
A Lost Maqāma of Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamad̠ānī
This article provides the editio princeps of a previously unknown maqāma attributed to Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamad̠ānī (d. 398/1008). It begins with a review of the scholarship on the manuscripts of Hamad̠ānī’s Maqāmāt and discusses how the text of this lost maqāma was uniquely preserved in one manuscript, Yale University, Beinecke Library, Salisbury collection no. 63. This manuscript, copied in 603/1206, was well-known to European scholarship, havin…
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A Lost Maqāma of Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamad̠ānī
This article provides the editio princeps of a previously unknown maqāma attributed to Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamad̠ānī (d. 398/1008). It begins with a review of the scholarship on the manuscripts of Hamad̠ānī’s Maqāmāt and discusses how the text of this lost maqāma was uniquely preserved in one manuscript, Yale University, Beinecke Library, Salisbury collection no. 63. This manuscript, copied in 603/1206, was well-known to European scholarship, havin…
Political Biography of al-Ṣāḥib Ismāʿīl b. ʿAbbād (d. 385/995)
In the medieval Islamic world, eloquent expression was an important skill for statesmen to acquire, such that many of the leading viziers were often prominent belletrists. Among the most well known of these literary figures was the Būyid vizier Ibn ʿAbbād (d. 385/995). Drawing from a wide range of historical and literary sources, this article compiles and corroborates the many accounts relating to Ibn ʿAbbād’s political career, beginning with his…
A Maqāma Collection by a Mamlūk Historian
This article is a description and guide to the contents of al-Maqāmāt al-Ǧalāliyya by al-Ḥasan b. Abī Muḥammad al-Ṣafadī ( fl . first quarter of the 8th/14th c.). The article begins with a discussion of the life of the author al-Ṣafadī and his works. It provides evidence for his biography derived from unpublished manuscript sources. The article then considers features of the authorial context of al-Maqāmāt al-Ǧalāliyya , including notes found in …
The heritage of Arabo-Islamic learning
"The Arabo-Islamic heritage of the Islam is among the richest, most diverse, and longest-lasting literary traditions in the world. Born from a culture and religion that valued teaching, Arabo-Islamic learning spread from the seventh century and has had a lasting impact until the present.In The Heritage of Arabo-Islamic Learning leading scholars around the world present twenty-five studies explore diverse areas of Arabo-Islamic heritage in honor o…
Tales from the Crypt
IntroductionThe Seven Voyages of Sindbad, also known as the Seaman and the Landsman are among the most well known tales of the Arabian Nights. The tales were not part of the famed Galland Manuscript dating from the middle of the fijifteenth century (Marzolph and Van Leeuvan 2: 635). Rather, Antoine Galland (d. 1715) discovered manuscripts of the work during his travels in Turkey. (Mahdi 17-20; Marzolph Sindbad der Seefahrer, 701). Galland was suf…
The Heritage of Arabo-Islamic Learning
The Arabo-Islamic heritage of the Islam is among the richest, most diverse, and longest-lasting literary traditions in the world. Born from a culture and religion that valued teaching, Arabo-Islamic learning spread from the seventh century and has had a lasting impact until the present.In The Heritage of Arabo-Islamic Learning leading scholars around the world present twenty-five studies explore diverse areas of Arabo-Islamic heritage in honor of…
What the Qāḍī Should Not Hear
The Maqāma Šāmiyya of Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamaḏānī (d. 398/1008) has long been overlooked as a result of the decision of Muḥammad ʿAbduh to remove it from the first modern published edition of the Maqāmāt . This article provides a scholarly edition of the maqāma , a translation, and a study. It argues that al-Hamaḏānī’s Šāmiyya uses the rhetorical device of kināya to reflect on the power of language and literary performance
La Pensée d’Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ
La Pensée d’Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ: Un «agent double» dans le monde persan et arabe. By István T. Kristó-Nagy. Studia Arabica, vol. 19. Paris: Éditions de Paris, 2013. Pp. 605. €34 (paper
How to End Things in Arabic Literature
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