Lawrence I Conrad
Biographic Data
| ID | 529809 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lawrence I Conrad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lawrence I |
| FAMILY NAME | Conrad |
| SIGNATURE | CONRAD L I |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1American University of Beirut |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 49 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 9 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East: Volume 1: Problems in the Literary Source Material
The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East: Volume 4: Elites Old and New
The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East: Elites Old and New
A collection of critical analyses of the structure, historical development, and composition of the elite strata of late Roman, Byzantine, and early Islamic societies in the eastern Mediterranean basin. Culture change, economic foundations, political roles and function, social composition, and background and origins of old and new elites are the focus of the contributions by scholars who deal with the fate of the later Roman elite and its successo…
The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East: Problems in the Literary Source Material
This volume focuses on the problems researchers face when using (Byzantine) Greek, Syriac and Arabic sources together for the reconstruction of Near Eastern history from 400-c.800. Contributions to the volume set the stage for a critical re-reading and revisionist interpretations of selected sources in the various cultural and literary traditions. The volume thus brings together neighbouring disciplines in ways that shed new light on this vitally…
The Conquest of Arwād: A Source-Critical Study in the Historiography of the Early Medieval Near East
Studies in Early Islamic History: With an Introduction by G. R. Hawting
Muslims and Others in Early Islamic Society
The interaction between Muslims and the other religious denominations of the Middle East in the period 620-1020 is the subject of this volume. This is arguably the single most important issue in the history of the early Islamic Middle East, since the Muslims were initially a minority in the lands that they had conquered and so had to reach some modus vivendi with the various religious communities in their realm. Fifteen articles by leading schola…
Early Islamic Art and Architecture
Contents: Introduction Notes on Arabic archaeology, Max van Berchem The genesis of Islamic art and the problem of Mshatta, Ernst Herzfeld a Abbasid Lustrewares, Ernst KA hnel The lawfulness of painting in early Islam, K. A. C. Creswell The Mosque and the Palace, Jean Sauvaget Mihrab and a Anazah: a study in Islamic iconography, George C. Miles The Greek sources of Islamic scientific illustrations, Kurt Weitzmann Deacon or drink: some paintings fr…
Contagion: Perspectives from Pre-Modern Societies
Arab-Byzantine Relations in Early Islamic Times
A New Volume of Hungarian Essays by Ignaz Goldziher
Though best known for his formative and decisive contributions to the field of Arab-Islamic studies, the Hungarian orientalist Ignaz Goldziher (1850–1921) also had a considerable impact on the field of Jewish studies. His first publication, at the age of twelve, already reveals his interests in the history of Judaism and its prospects in the modern world, 1 and his doctoral dissertation, prepared as a teenager working under the supervision of the…
Islam and the sea: Paradigms and problematics
El nuevo libro de Xavier de Planhol, L'Islam et la mer es el primer intento, por parte de un especialista occidental, de evaluar el papel del mar en el mundo islámico. No es un libro que se dedique a describir acontecimientos sino a establecer paradigmas culturales e intelectuales, llegando a la conclusión de que «el islam es incompatible con el mar». En consecuencia, explora las implicaciones de esta antipatía a lo largo de la historia islámica …
Women and Modern Medicine
Lawrence CONRAD, Anne HARDY: Preface 1. Ann DALLY: Women and Macho Medicine 2. Anne WITZ: 'Colonising Women': Female Medical Practice in Colonial India, 1880-1890 3. Bridie ANDREWS: From Bedpan to Revolution: Qui Jin and Western nursing 4. Mary Ann ELSTON: 'Run by Women, (mainly) for Women': Medical Women's Hospitals in Britain, 1866-1948 5. Cornelie USBORNE: Women Doctors and Gender Identity in Weimar Germany, 1819-1933 6. Lesley A. HALL: A Suit…
Zeno, the epileptic emperor: Historiography and polemics as sources of realia
Several Byzantine sources describe the emperor Zeno as suffering from epilepsy, which, although assigned to natural causes in Greek humoral medicine, was more widely explained in terms of demonic possession. The charge of epilepsy originated with the north Syrian historian Eustathius and comprised an extremist Chalcedonian attempt to discredit the ruler, probably for promulgation of the Henoticon in 482. It is ignored or contradicted by other Cha…
Studies in Early Islamic History
The World of Ibn Ṭufayl: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān
Kitab al-Mujarrabat (Libro de las experiencias medicas (review)
Reviewed by: Kitab al-Mujarrabat (Libro de las experiencias médicas) Lawrence I. Conrad Abu’l-‘Ala’ Zuhr. Kitab al-Mujarrabat (Libro de las experiencias médicas). Translated and edited by Cristina Álvarez Millán. Fuentes Arábico-Hispanas, no. 17. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, 1994. In Spanish (312 pp.) and Arabic (187 pp.). No price given (paperbound). Abu’l-‘Ala’ Zuhr ibn …
The Arabs and the Colossus
In 305 B.C. Demetrius I Poliorcetes of Macedonia (r. 321–283), pursuing his ambition of reuniting the empire of Alexander, marched against the island city of Rhodes, which since the partition of 323 had been able to reassert its independence and pursue its own foreign policies. The ensuing siege, one of the most famous military campaigns of Hellenistic times, was a failure, and in 304 Demetrius was obliged to admit defeat and withdraw, leaving be…
Reflections by a nineteenth‐century convert to Islam on Judaism and Christianity in Ottoman Jerusalem
The Khalidi Library in Jerusalem contains a number of valuable works pertaining to Muslim‐Christian relations during the Ottoman period, and in this paper an effort is made to elucidate one such text, a unique anonymous essay entitled Al‐risala al‐sabiciyya fi ibtal al‐diyana al‐yahūdiyya. As the title suggests, the essay presents itself as a work of a Jewish convert to Islam; pressed to justify what he has done, he gives seven reasons for his co…
Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. Vol. 1 . Andrew Rippin
Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Hellmut Ritter Microfilm Collection of the Uppsala University Library
Arabic Legal and Administrative Documents in the Cambridge Genizah Collections
El legado cientifico andalusi. Juan Vernet , Julio Samso
Avicenna . Lenn E. Goodman
Ansāb al-ashrāf by Aḥmad B. Yaḥyā B. Jābir al-Balādhurī, Vol. VIB
Arabic Plague Chronologies and Treatises: Social and Historical Factors in the Formation of a Literary Genre
In 1880 the indefatigable pioneer of Near Eastern Kulturgeschichte, Alfred von Kremer, published a detailed study on the history of epidemic disease in medieval Islam. (1) The work was a remarkable piece of research that not only marked the first systematic attempt to assess the impact of epidemics in Islamic history, but also sought, for the first time, to take advantage of the insights offered by the Arabic plague treatises written after the Bl…
Abraha and Muhammad: Some observations apropos of chronology and literary topoi in the early Arabic historical tradition
In has long been known that the chronological scheme commonly transmitted by the early Arabic sources for events of the latter half of the sixth century A.D. poses a number of major problems. These are sufficiently important to raise serious doubts about the reliability of the traditional chronological framework for the last years of the Jāhilīya in general. A key problem is that of the date for 'Ām al-fīl, the 'Year of the Elephant', so called a…
Tāūn and W Abā ̧
Epidemic disease in central Syria in the late sixth century Some new insights from the verse of Ḥassān ibn Thābit
Any interpretation of Near Eastern history touching upon the sixth and seventh centuries must invariably come to terms with the numerous causes of mortality, destruction, and social and economic disruption that preceded the Arab conquests. One of these factors was undoubtedly the bubonic plague, which descended the Nile in the summer of 641, spread through the Delta and passed to Syrian ports in the winter of that year; by the summer of 542 it ha…
The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East, Vol. 1: Problems in the Literary Source Material
Islam and the sea: Paradigms and problematics
El nuevo libro de Xavier de Planhol, L'Islam et la mer es el primer intento, por parte de un especialista occidental, de evaluar el papel del mar en el mundo islámico. No es un libro que se dedique a describir acontecimientos sino a establecer paradigmas culturales e intelectuales, llegando a la conclusión de que «el islam es incompatible con el mar». En consecuencia, explora las implicaciones de esta antipatía a lo largo de la historia islámica …
Notes on Ṭabarī's History
The caliphate of Hisham ibn ‘Abd al-Malik (105–25/724–43) was undoubtedly one of the most important periods in early Islamic history, and as witness to the history of this era a source of paramount importance is certainly the Ta'rīkh al-rusul wa-l-mulūk of al-Ṭabarī. This in itself makes the publication of Volume xxv of the English translation of this work by Dr Khalid Yahya Blankinship, covering all but the last five years of Hishām's long reign…
On Some Umayyad Poetry in the History of al-Ṭabarī
Ancient Arabic poetry in general is rightly regarded in Arab circles as one of the paramount monuments of Arabic literature, and it is of course also held in esteem among Western scholars. For the most part, however, this admiration does not, in effect, extend to the specifically historical poetry quoted – sometimes in vast quantities – in the works of such historians as Ibn A‘tham al-Kūfī, al-Balādhurī, and al-Ṭabarī. It is readily apparent that…
Seven and the Tasbi: On the Implications of Numerical Symbolism for the Study of Medieval Islamic History
Lawrence I. Conrad, Seven and the Tasbīʿ: On the Implications of Numerical Symbolism for the Study of Medieval Islamic History, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol. 31, No. 1 (1988), pp. 42-73
The Biblical Tradition for the Plague of the Philistines
OF THE NUMEROUS OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCES TO OUTBREAKS OF EPIDEMIC DISEASE, the account of the Plague of the Philistines in I Samuel has surely been the most prominent in modern scholarship. The identity of the disease described in this tradition, and criticism of the passage in which it appears, have been the subjects of a perennial controversy among biblical scholars and medical historians alike. Even medievalists have been drawn into the fray, …
Taun and Waba Conceptions of Plague and Pestilence in Early Islam
The Qusur of Medieval Islam: Some Implications for the Social History of the Near East
The epistle on singing girls
Les legendes prophetiques dans l'Islam depuis le 1er jusq'au III eme siecle de l'Hegire: D'après le manuscrit d'Abu Rifa'a Umara b. Watima b. Musa b. al-Furat al-Farisi al-Fasawi, kitab bad' al-halq w…
Arabic Plague Chronologies and Treatises: Social and Historical Factors in the Formation of a Literary Genre
In 1880 the indefatigable pioneer of Near Eastern Kulturgeschichte, Alfred von Kremer, published a detailed study on the history of epidemic disease in medieval Islam. (1) The work was a remarkable piece of research that not only marked the first systematic attempt to assess the impact of epidemics in Islamic history, but also sought, for the first time, to take advantage of the insights offered by the Arabic plague treatises written after the Bl…
Tāūn and W Abā ̧
Taun and Waba Conceptions of Plague and Pestilence in Early Islam
The Rise of Historical Writing Among the Arabs
This is the first translation of a classic work (Bahth fi nnsh' at 'ilm al ta' rikh 'inda l-'Arab) by the eminent Arab historian A. A. Duri. Published in Beirut in 1960, Duri's book was the first comprehensive effort to trace the origins and early development of Arab historical writing, and to resolve some extremely complex and still debated questions about the reliability of the Arabic historical sources. Originally published in 1984. The Prince…
The Biblical Tradition for the Plague of the Philistines
OF THE NUMEROUS OLD TESTAMENT REFERENCES TO OUTBREAKS OF EPIDEMIC DISEASE, the account of the Plague of the Philistines in I Samuel has surely been the most prominent in modern scholarship. The identity of the disease described in this tradition, and criticism of the passage in which it appears, have been the subjects of a perennial controversy among biblical scholars and medical historians alike. Even medievalists have been drawn into the fray, …
Die Wiederentdeckung des Propheten Muhammad: Eine Kritik am "christlichen" Abendland
Abraha and Muhammad: Some observations apropos of chronology and literary topoi in the early Arabic historical tradition
In has long been known that the chronological scheme commonly transmitted by the early Arabic sources for events of the latter half of the sixth century A.D. poses a number of major problems. These are sufficiently important to raise serious doubts about the reliability of the traditional chronological framework for the last years of the Jāhilīya in general. A key problem is that of the date for 'Ām al-fīl, the 'Year of the Elephant', so called a…
Seven and the Tasbi
Seven and the Tasbi: On the Implications of Numerical Symbolism for the Study of Medieval Islamic History
Lawrence I. Conrad, Seven and the Tasbīʿ: On the Implications of Numerical Symbolism for the Study of Medieval Islamic History, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol. 31, No. 1 (1988), pp. 42-73
The Syrian coastal town of Jabala: Its history and present situation. By Sato Tsugitaka. (Studia Culturae Islamicae, 35.) pp. 89 (English), 121 (Arabic), 25 pi., 4 maps. Tokyo, Institute for the Study…
The Syrian coastal town of Jabala: its history and present situation. By Sato Tsugitaka. (Studia Culturae Islamicae, 35.) pp. 89 (English), 121 (Arabic), 25 pi., 4 maps. Tokyo, Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, 1988. - Volume 121 Issue 2
Early Islam: Collected articles
Part 1 Muhammad and the Qur'an: the condemnation of the Jews of Banu Qurayza the reliability of Ibn Ishaq's sources the dating of the Qur'an conversion in Islam at the time of the prophet his name is Ahmad the camel and the needle's eye the men of the Ukhdud God's Caliph - Quranic interpretations and Umayyad claims reflections on some verses of Surat al-Duha the Christiantiy criticized in the Qur'an two interesting Christian-Arabic usages. Part 2…
The Near East study tour diary of Ignaz Goldziher
Ignaz Goldziher (1850–1921) is generally acknowledged as the scholar whose work to a great extent laid the modern foundations for the study in the West of the history, culture, and religion of Islam. Issues of considerable significance are thus posed by questions concerning the individual responsible for this seminal scholarship, including, for example, such matters as his personal background, the influences that directed the course of his intell…
The dervish's disciple: On the personality and intellectual milieu of the young Ignaz Goldziher
When the Tagebuch of Ignaz Goldziher (1850–1921) was published in 1978, it was widely expected that the work would prove to be a mine of information on the life and career of its celebrated author. What was not expected was that so much of this information should consist of bitter criticism and empassioned invective directed against leading personalities in the social and intellectual circles of Budapest and Hungary, particularly in the Jewish co…
The Syriac Chronicle of Pseudo-Dionysus of Tel-Maḥrē: A Study in the History of Historiography
The Formation and Perception of the Modern Arab World: Studies by Marwan R. Buheiry
Notes on Ṭabarī's History
The caliphate of Hisham ibn ‘Abd al-Malik (105–25/724–43) was undoubtedly one of the most important periods in early Islamic history, and as witness to the history of this era a source of paramount importance is certainly the Ta'rīkh al-rusul wa-l-mulūk of al-Ṭabarī. This in itself makes the publication of Volume xxv of the English translation of this work by Dr Khalid Yahya Blankinship, covering all but the last five years of Hishām's long reign…
On Some Umayyad Poetry in the History of al-Ṭabarī
Ancient Arabic poetry in general is rightly regarded in Arab circles as one of the paramount monuments of Arabic literature, and it is of course also held in esteem among Western scholars. For the most part, however, this admiration does not, in effect, extend to the specifically historical poetry quoted – sometimes in vast quantities – in the works of such historians as Ibn A‘tham al-Kūfī, al-Balādhurī, and al-Ṭabarī. It is readily apparent that…
Le Taqwīm al-Ṣiḥḥa (Tacuini Sanitatis) d'Ibn Buṭlān: Un Traité Médical du XIe Siècle. Ibn Buṭlān , Hosam Elkhadem
Recovering Lost Texts: Some Methodological Issues
Epidemic disease in central Syria in the late sixth century Some new insights from the verse of Ḥassān ibn Thābit
Any interpretation of Near Eastern history touching upon the sixth and seventh centuries must invariably come to terms with the numerous causes of mortality, destruction, and social and economic disruption that preceded the Arab conquests. One of these factors was undoubtedly the bubonic plague, which descended the Nile in the summer of 641, spread through the Delta and passed to Syrian ports in the winter of that year; by the summer of 542 it ha…
The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East, Vol. 1: Problems in the Literary Source Material
Avicenna . Lenn E. Goodman
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