Faris Nofal
Biographic Data
| ID | 8296226 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Faris Nofal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Faris |
| FAMILY NAME | Nofal |
| SIGNATURE | NOFAL F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Philosophy |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3163-4722 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Comparison of Religions in the Medieval Arab and Latin Traditions
According to some recent studies, until the 16th or 17th century, there was no concept of religion as such (“religion in general”), because before then, people only recognised their own faith as religion, and it was only after the European Reformation, which created conditions for religious pluralism, that this situation changed. The purpose of this article is to introduce and validate an alternative perspective. The authors argue that long befor…
On Early Samaritan ʿAqīdah
The Samaritan theological treatises, written in Arabic between the 11th and 18th centuries, have been largely, and unjustly, overlooked by scholars. Unlike early hymnographic and midrashic literature, most of the works produced by this tradition’s representatives remain unpublished and unstudied. Meanwhile, Samaritan theology exemplifies an interesting model of interaction between a closed ethnic-religious community and its broader Muslim environ…
“Let His Will Permit Me…”
The article presents the findings of a field study of Druze shrines in the al-Suwayda Governorate. On the basis of the collected materials, the author attempts to classify the surveyed Druze sanctuaries, to clarify their role in the folk religion of the region, and to reconstruct the mythological foundations of these documented cults. The main body of the work is preceded by a brief overview of the history of the Druze community, the arrival of t…
Theory of action in Arab Muslim and Samaritan primary sources
The article examines a number of Arabic medieval concepts that explain the metaphysical foundations of human action. The author analyzes a complex of ontological problems associated with the origin of acts, their causal relationship with human and divine wills, and explicates the paradigmatic differences between Arab-Muslim and Samaritan metaphysical models. In particular, it is proved that the autochthonous Arab ontology is based on the princip…
Religious and Philosophical Views of ʼAbū al-Ḥasan al-Ṣūrī II. God and Created Universe
The history of Samaritan religious and philosophical thought is a true terra incognita of modern humanities: while most of Samaritan scribes remain unpublished, the philosophy of their community has not yet attracted the attention of specialists. The series of articles offered to the reader is intended to fill this gap of philosophical oriental studies and shed light on the heritage of the founder of Arab-speaking Samaritan theology, ʼAbū al-Ḥas…
Religious and Philosophical Views of ʼAbū al-Ḥasan al-Ṣūrī III. Natural Philosophy
The history of Samaritan religious and philosophical thought is a true terra incognita of modern humanities: while most of Samaritan scribes remain unpublished, the philosophy of their community has not yet attracted the attention of specialists. The series of articles offered to the reader is intended to fill this gap of philosophical oriental studies and shed light on the heritage of the founder of Arab-speaking Samaritan theology, ’Abū al-Ḥas…
Религиозно-философские взгляды ’Абӯ ал-Х̣асана ас̣-С̣ӯрӣ I. Бог и Его атрибуты
The history of Samaritan religious and philosophical thought is a true terra incognita of modern humanities: while most of Samaritan scribes remain unpublished, the philosophy of their community has not yet attracted the attention of specialists. The series of articles offered to the reader is intended to fill this gap of philosophical oriental studies and shed light on the heritage of the founder of Arab-speaking Samaritan theology, ’Abū al-Ḥasa…
Ibrāhīm al-ʿAyyah’s Commentary on Genesis as a Samaritan Theological Record of 18th Century
Садака ал-Хаким и самаритянская религиозная мысль XI–XIII вв
В статье проводится анализ религиозно-философской концепции самаритянского богослова и экзегета Садаки ибн Мунаджжи ал-Хакима (ум. ок. 1223), изложенной в монументальном толковании Книги Бытия. Автор эксплицирует построения Садаки, касающиеся онтологии божественных атрибутов и природы человеческого действия. Показывается, что мутазилитская теология атрибутов, воспринятая ʼАбу ал-Хасаном ас-Сури в XI в., перенимается Мунаджжой ибн Садакой и его сы…
“I’m Alone With My Soul…”
The article peers at a problem of attribution in the texts quoted by faylasūf alFārābī in his book ‘The Harmony between Two Sages’. The author proves that regardless of modern Western scholars (P. Adamson, F. Zimmermann) opinion, al-Farabi knew thoroughly vulgate-version of apocrypha ‘Aristotle’s Theology’ well-known to the researchers, used by him while working at the text of ‘The Harmony...’. It also shows that sporadically the thinker referred…
“The Samaritan Illuminationism”
The article is devoted to comparative analysis of metaphysical studying of a Samaritan theologian and exegete al-Ghazzāl ibn ’Abū Surūr (d. after 1755) and a representative of Shiraz Illuminationism school, philosopher, astronomer and mathematician Ghiyāth al-Dīn Manṣūr al-Dashtakī (d. 1541). Based on a scrupulous analysis of the doctrines by al-Ghazzāl and Ghiyāth al-Dīn, the author comes to the conclusion about their genetic link – supposedly, …
Ат-Тийара как центральноаравийская ритуальная практика / Al-Ṭiyarah as an Ancient Arabian Ritual
В статье рассматривается феномен аравийских «ауспиций». Основываясь на свидетельствах средневековых историографов и лексикографов, автор анализирует этимологию понятий al-ṭiyarah, al-ʿiyyāfah и al-zaǧr, указывающих на гадание по поведению птиц, млекопитающих и рептилий: в то время как концепт al-ṭiyarah отсылает к целому комплексу суеверий, связанных с животным миром, термин al-ʿiyyāfah обозначает пассивное наблюдение за движением или криками пти…
Apologetic treatises by Ibrāhīm al-‘Ayyah and the samaritan theology of the 18th century
The article deals with an unpublished monument of Modern Time Samaritan theology, namely four apologetic treatises of the theologian, historian and poet Ibr?h?m al-?Ayyah ad-Danf? (1715–1788) which are kept in the corpus of the British library. The article is preceded by a brief outline of the history of Arab Samaritan thought. It describes the infl uence of Arab-Muslim and Arab-Jewish cultures on such prominent Samaritan theologians as Munajj? b…
‘The Samaritan Hexameron’ as an Arab-Muslim Anthropological Manifesto
The offered to the reader article analyzes the first chapters of monumental commentary by Ṣadaqah b. Munajjā al-Ḥakīm on Genesis (XIII c.). On the base of the conducted analysis of the Middle Age Arab-speaking theologian, philosopher and doctor, the author comes to the conclusion that Samaritan thought depends on the most important achievements of Muslim one — especially, on Mu‘talizi and peripatetic natural- philosophical and metaphysical theori…
“Philosophical robinsonade” of Ibn al-Nafis
The present article reviews the philosophical and religious teaching by Ibn al-Nafis – a prominent doctor and thinker of the 13th century. The study was carried out on the basis of his treatise ‘Kamil’s Message in Prophet’s Sirah’ which is the last classical work written in the genre of a ‘philosophical robinsonade’. The author analyzes the content of the aforementioned work and carries out a detailed research of the connection of ‘Kamil’s Messag…
Religious and philosophical doctrine of Ibn Al-Moqaffaʻ (based on the material of the treatise Answer to Ibn Al-Moqaffaʻ, the Heretic by Al-Qasim Ar-Rasi)
This article examines religious and philosophical views of Ibn Al-Moqaff aʻ, the Arabic-Persian poet, writer, translator of the periods of the Omayyads and Abbasids (died ca. 757). The basis for the study is made up of the treatise Answer to Ibn Al-Moqaff aʻ, The Heretic (Arab. ar-Radd ʻala az-zindiq Ibn al-Moqaff aʻ) by the founder of the Rassids’ dynasty, the fi rst remarkable Zaydi theologian al-Qasim ibn Ibrahim ar-Rasi (d. 860). The treatise…
Murjiʼism of Bishr al-Marisi
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The Eclectic Wing of the Mu’tazili Kalam
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The Eclectic Wing of the Mu’tazili Kalam
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Murjiʼism of Bishr al-Marisi
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Religious and philosophical doctrine of Ibn Al-Moqaffaʻ (based on the material of the treatise Answer to Ibn Al-Moqaffaʻ, the Heretic by Al-Qasim Ar-Rasi)
This article examines religious and philosophical views of Ibn Al-Moqaff aʻ, the Arabic-Persian poet, writer, translator of the periods of the Omayyads and Abbasids (died ca. 757). The basis for the study is made up of the treatise Answer to Ibn Al-Moqaff aʻ, The Heretic (Arab. ar-Radd ʻala az-zindiq Ibn al-Moqaff aʻ) by the founder of the Rassids’ dynasty, the fi rst remarkable Zaydi theologian al-Qasim ibn Ibrahim ar-Rasi (d. 860). The treatise…
Apologetic treatises by Ibrāhīm al-‘Ayyah and the samaritan theology of the 18th century
The article deals with an unpublished monument of Modern Time Samaritan theology, namely four apologetic treatises of the theologian, historian and poet Ibr?h?m al-?Ayyah ad-Danf? (1715–1788) which are kept in the corpus of the British library. The article is preceded by a brief outline of the history of Arab Samaritan thought. It describes the infl uence of Arab-Muslim and Arab-Jewish cultures on such prominent Samaritan theologians as Munajj? b…
‘The Samaritan Hexameron’ as an Arab-Muslim Anthropological Manifesto
The offered to the reader article analyzes the first chapters of monumental commentary by Ṣadaqah b. Munajjā al-Ḥakīm on Genesis (XIII c.). On the base of the conducted analysis of the Middle Age Arab-speaking theologian, philosopher and doctor, the author comes to the conclusion that Samaritan thought depends on the most important achievements of Muslim one — especially, on Mu‘talizi and peripatetic natural- philosophical and metaphysical theori…
“Philosophical robinsonade” of Ibn al-Nafis
The present article reviews the philosophical and religious teaching by Ibn al-Nafis – a prominent doctor and thinker of the 13th century. The study was carried out on the basis of his treatise ‘Kamil’s Message in Prophet’s Sirah’ which is the last classical work written in the genre of a ‘philosophical robinsonade’. The author analyzes the content of the aforementioned work and carries out a detailed research of the connection of ‘Kamil’s Messag…
Ibrāhīm al-ʿAyyah’s Commentary on Genesis as a Samaritan Theological Record of 18th Century
Садака ал-Хаким и самаритянская религиозная мысль XI–XIII вв
В статье проводится анализ религиозно-философской концепции самаритянского богослова и экзегета Садаки ибн Мунаджжи ал-Хакима (ум. ок. 1223), изложенной в монументальном толковании Книги Бытия. Автор эксплицирует построения Садаки, касающиеся онтологии божественных атрибутов и природы человеческого действия. Показывается, что мутазилитская теология атрибутов, воспринятая ʼАбу ал-Хасаном ас-Сури в XI в., перенимается Мунаджжой ибн Садакой и его сы…
“I’m Alone With My Soul…”
The article peers at a problem of attribution in the texts quoted by faylasūf alFārābī in his book ‘The Harmony between Two Sages’. The author proves that regardless of modern Western scholars (P. Adamson, F. Zimmermann) opinion, al-Farabi knew thoroughly vulgate-version of apocrypha ‘Aristotle’s Theology’ well-known to the researchers, used by him while working at the text of ‘The Harmony...’. It also shows that sporadically the thinker referred…
“The Samaritan Illuminationism”
The article is devoted to comparative analysis of metaphysical studying of a Samaritan theologian and exegete al-Ghazzāl ibn ’Abū Surūr (d. after 1755) and a representative of Shiraz Illuminationism school, philosopher, astronomer and mathematician Ghiyāth al-Dīn Manṣūr al-Dashtakī (d. 1541). Based on a scrupulous analysis of the doctrines by al-Ghazzāl and Ghiyāth al-Dīn, the author comes to the conclusion about their genetic link – supposedly, …
Ат-Тийара как центральноаравийская ритуальная практика / Al-Ṭiyarah as an Ancient Arabian Ritual
В статье рассматривается феномен аравийских «ауспиций». Основываясь на свидетельствах средневековых историографов и лексикографов, автор анализирует этимологию понятий al-ṭiyarah, al-ʿiyyāfah и al-zaǧr, указывающих на гадание по поведению птиц, млекопитающих и рептилий: в то время как концепт al-ṭiyarah отсылает к целому комплексу суеверий, связанных с животным миром, термин al-ʿiyyāfah обозначает пассивное наблюдение за движением или криками пти…
Theory of action in Arab Muslim and Samaritan primary sources
The article examines a number of Arabic medieval concepts that explain the metaphysical foundations of human action. The author analyzes a complex of ontological problems associated with the origin of acts, their causal relationship with human and divine wills, and explicates the paradigmatic differences between Arab-Muslim and Samaritan metaphysical models. In particular, it is proved that the autochthonous Arab ontology is based on the princip…
Religious and Philosophical Views of ʼAbū al-Ḥasan al-Ṣūrī II. God and Created Universe
The history of Samaritan religious and philosophical thought is a true terra incognita of modern humanities: while most of Samaritan scribes remain unpublished, the philosophy of their community has not yet attracted the attention of specialists. The series of articles offered to the reader is intended to fill this gap of philosophical oriental studies and shed light on the heritage of the founder of Arab-speaking Samaritan theology, ʼAbū al-Ḥas…
Religious and Philosophical Views of ʼAbū al-Ḥasan al-Ṣūrī III. Natural Philosophy
The history of Samaritan religious and philosophical thought is a true terra incognita of modern humanities: while most of Samaritan scribes remain unpublished, the philosophy of their community has not yet attracted the attention of specialists. The series of articles offered to the reader is intended to fill this gap of philosophical oriental studies and shed light on the heritage of the founder of Arab-speaking Samaritan theology, ’Abū al-Ḥas…
Религиозно-философские взгляды ’Абӯ ал-Х̣асана ас̣-С̣ӯрӣ I. Бог и Его атрибуты
The history of Samaritan religious and philosophical thought is a true terra incognita of modern humanities: while most of Samaritan scribes remain unpublished, the philosophy of their community has not yet attracted the attention of specialists. The series of articles offered to the reader is intended to fill this gap of philosophical oriental studies and shed light on the heritage of the founder of Arab-speaking Samaritan theology, ’Abū al-Ḥasa…
Comparison of Religions in the Medieval Arab and Latin Traditions
According to some recent studies, until the 16th or 17th century, there was no concept of religion as such (“religion in general”), because before then, people only recognised their own faith as religion, and it was only after the European Reformation, which created conditions for religious pluralism, that this situation changed. The purpose of this article is to introduce and validate an alternative perspective. The authors argue that long befor…
On Early Samaritan ʿAqīdah
The Samaritan theological treatises, written in Arabic between the 11th and 18th centuries, have been largely, and unjustly, overlooked by scholars. Unlike early hymnographic and midrashic literature, most of the works produced by this tradition’s representatives remain unpublished and unstudied. Meanwhile, Samaritan theology exemplifies an interesting model of interaction between a closed ethnic-religious community and its broader Muslim environ…
“Let His Will Permit Me…”
The article presents the findings of a field study of Druze shrines in the al-Suwayda Governorate. On the basis of the collected materials, the author attempts to classify the surveyed Druze sanctuaries, to clarify their role in the folk religion of the region, and to reconstruct the mythological foundations of these documented cults. The main body of the work is preceded by a brief overview of the history of the Druze community, the arrival of t…
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