Joel Blecher
Biographic Data
| ID | 5527915 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joel Blecher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joel |
| FAMILY NAME | Blecher |
| SIGNATURE | BLECHER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Scholars, Spice Traders, and Sultans
Amidst the politics of the Mamluk-era spice route, why did the standard-bearers of Islamic law routinely oppose the sultanate’s imposition of an alms-tax on merchandise ( zakāt al-tijāra ), despite the abundance of support for such a tax within the classical tradition of Islamic law? Rather than contending – as some modern scholars have – that prominent jurists developed loopholes that circumvented the original intent of the law to protect the we…
Said the Prophet of God
While scholars have long studied how Muslims authenticated and transmitted Muhammad’s sayings and practices (hadith) , the story of how Muslims interpreted and reinterpreted hadith across a millennium or more has yet to be told. Said the Prophet of God takes up this charge, illuminating the rich social and intellectual stakes of hadith commentary in the times and places it came to life: classical Andalusia, medieval Egypt, and modern India. The b…
Revision in the Manuscript Age
Previous articleNext article FreeRevision in the Manuscript Age: New Evidence of Early Versions of Ibn Ḥajar’s Fatḥ al-bārīJoel BlecherJoel BlecherGeorge Washington University Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMore“I never saw anybody who wrote a book, and did not say the next day: If this would…
Ḥadīth Commentary in the Presence of Students, Patrons, and Rivals
The following essay shows how commentaries on Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī in the Mamluk period were deeply embedded in the ethics and culture of live performance and vice versa. By focusing on the figure of Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (d. 852/1449) and the composition of his Fatḥ al-bārī, the primary objective is to make visible the complex web of institutional, political, economic, personal, and normative motivations that determined how the Ṣaḥīḥ was commented …
Scholars, Spice Traders, and Sultans
Amidst the politics of the Mamluk-era spice route, why did the standard-bearers of Islamic law routinely oppose the sultanate’s imposition of an alms-tax on merchandise ( zakāt al-tijāra ), despite the abundance of support for such a tax within the classical tradition of Islamic law? Rather than contending – as some modern scholars have – that prominent jurists developed loopholes that circumvented the original intent of the law to protect the we…
Ḥadīth Commentary in the Presence of Students, Patrons, and Rivals
The following essay shows how commentaries on Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī in the Mamluk period were deeply embedded in the ethics and culture of live performance and vice versa. By focusing on the figure of Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (d. 852/1449) and the composition of his Fatḥ al-bārī, the primary objective is to make visible the complex web of institutional, political, economic, personal, and normative motivations that determined how the Ṣaḥīḥ was commented …
Said the Prophet of God
While scholars have long studied how Muslims authenticated and transmitted Muhammad’s sayings and practices (hadith) , the story of how Muslims interpreted and reinterpreted hadith across a millennium or more has yet to be told. Said the Prophet of God takes up this charge, illuminating the rich social and intellectual stakes of hadith commentary in the times and places it came to life: classical Andalusia, medieval Egypt, and modern India. The b…
Revision in the Manuscript Age
Previous articleNext article FreeRevision in the Manuscript Age: New Evidence of Early Versions of Ibn Ḥajar’s Fatḥ al-bārīJoel BlecherJoel BlecherGeorge Washington University Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMore“I never saw anybody who wrote a book, and did not say the next day: If this would…
Scholars, Spice Traders, and Sultans
Amidst the politics of the Mamluk-era spice route, why did the standard-bearers of Islamic law routinely oppose the sultanate’s imposition of an alms-tax on merchandise ( zakāt al-tijāra ), despite the abundance of support for such a tax within the classical tradition of Islamic law? Rather than contending – as some modern scholars have – that prominent jurists developed loopholes that circumvented the original intent of the law to protect the we…
History (4 works) · Islamic Studies and History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Classics (3 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works)