Kevin Van Bladel
Biographic Data
| ID | 601652 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Van Bladel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Bladel |
| SIGNATURE | VAN BLADEL K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Brief History of Islamic Civilization from Its Genesis in the Late Nineteenth Century to Its Institutional Entrenchment
This article sketches the early history of Islamic civilization from its genesis in the late nineteenth century to its institutionalization in the twentieth. Key moments include its enshrinement in journals and a monumental encyclopedia and the flight of European Semitists to the United States. Its institutionalization in the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Chicago in 1956 created a successful model for the subsequent dissemination …
Al-Bīrūnī on Hermetic Forgery
In Central Asia in the early eleventh century, the Chorasmian scholar Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī recognized that the Arabic works attributed to Hermes Trismegistus were inventions of recent centuries falsely written in the name of the ancient sage of legend. He did, however, accept the existence of a historical Hermes and even attempted to establish his chronology. This article presents al-Bīrūnī’s statements about this and contextualizes his view of t…
Islamic Crosspollinations
Journal Article Islamic Crosspollinations: Interactions in the Medieval Middle EastEdited by Anna Akasoy, James E. Montgomery and Peter E. Pormann Get access Islamic Crosspollinations: Interactions in the Medieval Middle EastEdited by Anna Akasoy, James E. Montgomery and Peter E. Pormann (Cambridge: The E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Trust, 2007). 144 pp. Price HB £39.00. EAN 978–0906094556. Kevin van Bladel Kevin van Bladel University of Southern Califo…
Heavenly cords and prophetic authority in the Quran and its Late Antique context
The asbāb mentioned in five passages of the Quran have been interpreted by medieval Muslims and modern scholars as referring generally to various "ways", "means", and "connections". However, the word meant something more specific as part of a biblical-quranic "cosmology of the domicile". The asbāb are heavenly ropes running along or leading up to the top of the sky-roof. This notion of sky-cords is not as unusual as it may seem at first, for vari…
Heavenly cords and prophetic authority in the Quran and its Late Antique context
The asbāb mentioned in five passages of the Quran have been interpreted by medieval Muslims and modern scholars as referring generally to various "ways", "means", and "connections". However, the word meant something more specific as part of a biblical-quranic "cosmology of the domicile". The asbāb are heavenly ropes running along or leading up to the top of the sky-roof. This notion of sky-cords is not as unusual as it may seem at first, for vari…
Heavenly cords and prophetic authority in the Quran and its Late Antique context
The asbāb mentioned in five passages of the Quran have been interpreted by medieval Muslims and modern scholars as referring generally to various "ways", "means", and "connections". However, the word meant something more specific as part of a biblical-quranic "cosmology of the domicile". The asbāb are heavenly ropes running along or leading up to the top of the sky-roof. This notion of sky-cords is not as unusual as it may seem at first, for vari…
Islamic Crosspollinations
Journal Article Islamic Crosspollinations: Interactions in the Medieval Middle EastEdited by Anna Akasoy, James E. Montgomery and Peter E. Pormann Get access Islamic Crosspollinations: Interactions in the Medieval Middle EastEdited by Anna Akasoy, James E. Montgomery and Peter E. Pormann (Cambridge: The E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Trust, 2007). 144 pp. Price HB £39.00. EAN 978–0906094556. Kevin van Bladel Kevin van Bladel University of Southern Califo…
Al-Bīrūnī on Hermetic Forgery
In Central Asia in the early eleventh century, the Chorasmian scholar Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī recognized that the Arabic works attributed to Hermes Trismegistus were inventions of recent centuries falsely written in the name of the ancient sage of legend. He did, however, accept the existence of a historical Hermes and even attempted to establish his chronology. This article presents al-Bīrūnī’s statements about this and contextualizes his view of t…
Brief History of Islamic Civilization from Its Genesis in the Late Nineteenth Century to Its Institutional Entrenchment
This article sketches the early history of Islamic civilization from its genesis in the late nineteenth century to its institutionalization in the twentieth. Key moments include its enshrinement in journals and a monumental encyclopedia and the flight of European Semitists to the United States. Its institutionalization in the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Chicago in 1956 created a successful model for the subsequent dissemination …
Archaeology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · Islam (2 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Literature (2 works)