Georges Tamer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4359050 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Georges Tamer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Georges |
| FAMILY NAME | Tamer |
| SIGNATURE | TAMER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Semantic Generation in the Word yad (‘Hand’) and its Metonyms in the Qur'an
This article first establishes the terminological framework of the study, defining the terms ‘metonymy’ and ‘semantic generation’ and discussing the cognitive and cultural dimensions of metonymy. It then examines references to various parts of the human body in the Qur'an, such as the hand, eye, ear, heart, leg, back, chest, and mouth. The analys is then moved on to discuss the Qur'anic usage of metonymies for ‘hand’, for example, relating to the…
Ein Diskurs über Glaubwürdigkeit im Koran
Der Koran und die vorislamisch-arabische Dichtung sind durch diskursive Intertextualität miteinander verbunden. Obwohl der Koran keine Dichtung ist und Muḥammad andere Ziele verfolgte als die Dichter, wurde er von seiner Umgebung als einer von ihnen angesehen. Der Koran weist diesen Vorwurf vehement zurück, zeigt jedoch auffällige philologische Ähnlichkeiten zur Dichtung, übernimmt Motive und invertiert Ideen aus den Gedichten. Eine zentrale Frag…
Islamic Philosophy and the Crisis of Modernity
Unveils the profound influence of medieval Islamic philosophy on the thought of Leo Strauss. This study examines the impact of the medieval Muslim philosophers al-Fārābī, Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) and Ibn Rushd (Averroes) on Leo Strauss. Through meticulous source analysis, Georges Tamer critically evaluates Strauss's interpretation of their works. Furthermore, he explores how Islamic philosophy shaped Strauss's understanding of Maimonides and Plato, pr…
The Concept of Peace in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
The eighth volume of the series "Key Concepts of Interreligious Discourses" investigates the roots of the concept of "peace" in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and its relevance for the present time. Facing present violent conflicts waged and justified by religious ideas or reasons, peace building prevails in current debates about religion and peace. Here the central question is: How may traditional sources in religions help to put down the weapo…
Die Koranhermeneutik von Günter Lüling
The present volume offers the first scholarly discussion of Günter Lüling’s (1928-2014) work. Lüling’s views, long passages of the Qur’ān are originally mere reworking of pre-Islamic Christian hymns have not received the scholarly attention they deserve, since they were published at the beginning of the 70s of the previous century. Lüling attempted to reconstruct an “Ur-Qur’ān” in order to show that Islam emerged in a Christian context in Mecca. …
Islam and Rationality
Al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111) is one of the most influential thinkers of Islam. There is hardly a genre of Islamic literature where he is not regarded as a major authority. Islamic Law, Sufism, ethics, philosophy, and theology are all deeply shaped by him. Yet in the past thirty years, the field of Ghazali-studies has been shaken by the realization that Avicenna (Ibn Sina, d. 428/1037) and other philosophers had a strong influence on him. Now, after t…
Den Orient begrifflich denken
The first part of this paper presents two contrary views on the Arab-Islamic culture : The first one claims the essential otherness of the Orient against the Occident, which causes the historian of cultures to focus more on differences than similarities between Arab-Islamic world, on one hand, and Europe which developed out of the Greek-Roman-Byzantine cultural traditions, on the other. In opposition, the other view stresses a poetic and mystical…
Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd
Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd was one of the most renowned Arab Muslim scholars of the last two decades. The main focal points of the scholarly work that established his brilliant reputation worldwide were a valiant hermeneutical approach to the Qurʾan, a radical critique of the highly politicized religious discourse in Egypt and other Arab countries, and a penetrating view of Islamic culture
Time and God. Hellenistic Concepts of Time in Old Arabic Poetry and the Koran
This work deals with concepts of time in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry and in the Koran, placing them in relation to Hellenistic conceptions of time in Late Antique poetry. The analysis shows that just as in the much earlier field of Greek poetry, so too in Old Arabic verse time is seen as an inescapable power. The Arabic concept for endless time, dahr , is revealed to be the Arabic equivalent of the Greek concept aión . In the Koran the power of tim…
Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd
Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd was one of the most renowned Arab Muslim scholars of the last two decades. The main focal points of the scholarly work that established his brilliant reputation worldwide were a valiant hermeneutical approach to the Qurʾan, a radical critique of the highly politicized religious discourse in Egypt and other Arab countries, and a penetrating view of Islamic culture
Time and God. Hellenistic Concepts of Time in Old Arabic Poetry and the Koran
This work deals with concepts of time in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry and in the Koran, placing them in relation to Hellenistic conceptions of time in Late Antique poetry. The analysis shows that just as in the much earlier field of Greek poetry, so too in Old Arabic verse time is seen as an inescapable power. The Arabic concept for endless time, dahr , is revealed to be the Arabic equivalent of the Greek concept aión . In the Koran the power of tim…
Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd
Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd was one of the most renowned Arab Muslim scholars of the last two decades. The main focal points of the scholarly work that established his brilliant reputation worldwide were a valiant hermeneutical approach to the Qurʾan, a radical critique of the highly politicized religious discourse in Egypt and other Arab countries, and a penetrating view of Islamic culture
Den Orient begrifflich denken
The first part of this paper presents two contrary views on the Arab-Islamic culture : The first one claims the essential otherness of the Orient against the Occident, which causes the historian of cultures to focus more on differences than similarities between Arab-Islamic world, on one hand, and Europe which developed out of the Greek-Roman-Byzantine cultural traditions, on the other. In opposition, the other view stresses a poetic and mystical…
Islam and Rationality
Al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111) is one of the most influential thinkers of Islam. There is hardly a genre of Islamic literature where he is not regarded as a major authority. Islamic Law, Sufism, ethics, philosophy, and theology are all deeply shaped by him. Yet in the past thirty years, the field of Ghazali-studies has been shaken by the realization that Avicenna (Ibn Sina, d. 428/1037) and other philosophers had a strong influence on him. Now, after t…
Die Koranhermeneutik von Günter Lüling
The present volume offers the first scholarly discussion of Günter Lüling’s (1928-2014) work. Lüling’s views, long passages of the Qur’ān are originally mere reworking of pre-Islamic Christian hymns have not received the scholarly attention they deserve, since they were published at the beginning of the 70s of the previous century. Lüling attempted to reconstruct an “Ur-Qur’ān” in order to show that Islam emerged in a Christian context in Mecca. …
The Concept of Peace in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
The eighth volume of the series "Key Concepts of Interreligious Discourses" investigates the roots of the concept of "peace" in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and its relevance for the present time. Facing present violent conflicts waged and justified by religious ideas or reasons, peace building prevails in current debates about religion and peace. Here the central question is: How may traditional sources in religions help to put down the weapo…
Semantic Generation in the Word yad (‘Hand’) and its Metonyms in the Qur'an
This article first establishes the terminological framework of the study, defining the terms ‘metonymy’ and ‘semantic generation’ and discussing the cognitive and cultural dimensions of metonymy. It then examines references to various parts of the human body in the Qur'an, such as the hand, eye, ear, heart, leg, back, chest, and mouth. The analys is then moved on to discuss the Qur'anic usage of metonymies for ‘hand’, for example, relating to the…
Ein Diskurs über Glaubwürdigkeit im Koran
Der Koran und die vorislamisch-arabische Dichtung sind durch diskursive Intertextualität miteinander verbunden. Obwohl der Koran keine Dichtung ist und Muḥammad andere Ziele verfolgte als die Dichter, wurde er von seiner Umgebung als einer von ihnen angesehen. Der Koran weist diesen Vorwurf vehement zurück, zeigt jedoch auffällige philologische Ähnlichkeiten zur Dichtung, übernimmt Motive und invertiert Ideen aus den Gedichten. Eine zentrale Frag…
Islamic Philosophy and the Crisis of Modernity
Unveils the profound influence of medieval Islamic philosophy on the thought of Leo Strauss. This study examines the impact of the medieval Muslim philosophers al-Fārābī, Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) and Ibn Rushd (Averroes) on Leo Strauss. Through meticulous source analysis, Georges Tamer critically evaluates Strauss's interpretation of their works. Furthermore, he explores how Islamic philosophy shaped Strauss's understanding of Maimonides and Plato, pr…
Philosophy (9 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (5 works) · Islam (5 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Islamic Studies and History (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Education and Islamic Studies (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works)