Christine van Ruymbeke
Biographic Data
| ID | 5824390 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christine van Ruymbeke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christine |
| FAMILY NAME | van Ruymbeke |
| SIGNATURE | VAN RUYMBEKE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dimna's Trial and Apologia in Kashifī's Anvār-i Suhaylī . Morality's Place in the Corrupt Trial of a Rhetorical and Dialectical Genius
This essay challenges the received idea that Ibn al-Muqaffa‘, the eighth-century Arabic translator of the Kalīla-Dimna fables, added the Trial of Dimna, the sequel to the first story of the Lion and the Bull, in order to let morality win in the end. The analysis of this sequel's synopsis shows the absence of morality and how the ruler uses the judicial to manipulate public opinion and to redress his politically-damaged image. The essay also shows…
Iskandar's Bibulous Business
The twelfth-century poet Nizāmī Ganjavī has produced his version of the adventures of Alexander as a unique composition mingling known Persian historiography and Qur'anic legends with unusual non-Islamic, especially Greek, elements in order to create his Iskandar-nāma (containing two parts, the Sharaf-nāma and the Iqbāl-nāma ) as a synthesis of eastern and western cultures. A first point is the examination of the reasons behind the importance giv…
FitzGerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
For all its fame in the wider world, Edward FitzGerald s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) has been largely ignored by the academic establishment. This volume explores the reasons for both its popularity and neglect.
Key to the Treasure of the Hakim
Vis and Ramin . Fakhraddin Gorgani , Dick Davis
Kashifi's Forgotten Masterpiece
The Date of the Composition of Husayn Vaciz-i Kashifi's Anvār-i Suhaylī is uncertain. It is conjectured that it must have been completed at the end of the ninth/fifteenth century, probably about the time that he wrote another famous work, the Akhlāq-i Muḥsinī . Since Kashifi died in 910/1504-05 “at a ripe old age,” this implies that he had probably already reached an age of experience and wisdom when he started to recast the collection of fables …
L’Orient des femmes
Ce recueil de textes offre un vaste nuancier de micro-lectures sur l’Orient des femmes : non seulement sur les femmes d’Orient, mais aussi sur les femmes en Orient, les femmes et l’Orient. En explorant des domaines aussi divers que l’histoire de l’art, l’histoire des sciences, la littérature classique, la littérature de voyage, l’anthropologie, les sciences politiques et la psychanalyse, ces études apportent l’éclairage de prismes différents, voi…
From Culinary Recipe to Pharmalogical Secret for a Successful Wedding Night
Kashifi's Forgotten Masterpiece
The Date of the Composition of Husayn Vaciz-i Kashifi's Anvār-i Suhaylī is uncertain. It is conjectured that it must have been completed at the end of the ninth/fifteenth century, probably about the time that he wrote another famous work, the Akhlāq-i Muḥsinī . Since Kashifi died in 910/1504-05 “at a ripe old age,” this implies that he had probably already reached an age of experience and wisdom when he started to recast the collection of fables …
From Culinary Recipe to Pharmalogical Secret for a Successful Wedding Night
L’Orient des femmes
Ce recueil de textes offre un vaste nuancier de micro-lectures sur l’Orient des femmes : non seulement sur les femmes d’Orient, mais aussi sur les femmes en Orient, les femmes et l’Orient. En explorant des domaines aussi divers que l’histoire de l’art, l’histoire des sciences, la littérature classique, la littérature de voyage, l’anthropologie, les sciences politiques et la psychanalyse, ces études apportent l’éclairage de prismes différents, voi…
Kashifi's Forgotten Masterpiece
The Date of the Composition of Husayn Vaciz-i Kashifi's Anvār-i Suhaylī is uncertain. It is conjectured that it must have been completed at the end of the ninth/fifteenth century, probably about the time that he wrote another famous work, the Akhlāq-i Muḥsinī . Since Kashifi died in 910/1504-05 “at a ripe old age,” this implies that he had probably already reached an age of experience and wisdom when he started to recast the collection of fables …
Vis and Ramin . Fakhraddin Gorgani , Dick Davis
Key to the Treasure of the Hakim
FitzGerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
For all its fame in the wider world, Edward FitzGerald s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859) has been largely ignored by the academic establishment. This volume explores the reasons for both its popularity and neglect.
Iskandar's Bibulous Business
The twelfth-century poet Nizāmī Ganjavī has produced his version of the adventures of Alexander as a unique composition mingling known Persian historiography and Qur'anic legends with unusual non-Islamic, especially Greek, elements in order to create his Iskandar-nāma (containing two parts, the Sharaf-nāma and the Iqbāl-nāma ) as a synthesis of eastern and western cultures. A first point is the examination of the reasons behind the importance giv…
Dimna's Trial and Apologia in Kashifī's Anvār-i Suhaylī . Morality's Place in the Corrupt Trial of a Rhetorical and Dialectical Genius
This essay challenges the received idea that Ibn al-Muqaffa‘, the eighth-century Arabic translator of the Kalīla-Dimna fables, added the Trial of Dimna, the sequel to the first story of the Lion and the Bull, in order to let morality win in the end. The analysis of this sequel's synopsis shows the absence of morality and how the ruler uses the judicial to manipulate public opinion and to redress his politically-damaged image. The essay also shows…
Art (7 works) · Islamic Studies and History (5 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Families in Therapy and Culture (2 works) · History (2 works)