Jeffrey Einboden
Biographic Data
| ID | 8526092 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey Einboden |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Einboden |
| SIGNATURE | EINBODEN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northern Illinois University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Islam and New Directions in World Literature
Islam and New Directions in World Literature
Jefferson's Muslim Fugitives
On October 3, 1807, Thomas Jefferson was contacted by an unknown traveler from the American frontier, who urgently requested a private “interview” with the President, promising to disclose “a matter of momentous importance”. By the next day, Jefferson held in his hands two astonishing manuscripts whose history has been lost for over two centuries. Authored by Muslims fleeing captivity in rural Kentucky, these documents delivered to the President …
Jefferson's Muslim Fugitives
“His name is ‘Usman”
This chapter focuses on a slave named ‘Usman. Born in 18th-century Futa Jallon—“in the interior part of Guinea”—‘Usman was raised in a Muslim region famed for scholarship, but also soldiery, regularly waging war against neighboring states. Educated in Islamic traditions, ‘Usman was trained not merely to recite Qur’anic text orally, but to write in elegant lines. Such literary skills would comprise a rare continuity in a life of jarring interrupti…
“I take Refuge with the Lord of Daybreak”
This chapter details the events surrounding Ezra Stiles’ receipt of a letter on March 18, 1788 from Abiel Holmes, a young minister whom Stiles had sent south seven months before. From Georgia, Holmes describes in his letter a celestial figure he met in the flesh—a “great literary curiosity,” whose presence is likened to “a visit” from an ancient Greek Muse, compared to “Clio or Urania,” sister goddesses of history and astronomy. This figure turne…
“The Prayer of the Poorest Slave of God”
This chapter details events following the arrival in Washington of Sulaimān Mellimelni, the first Muslim envoy to the United States, on November 30, 1805. On his arrival, Mellimelni was greeted with holiday fanfare. In December 1805, he was fêted at a dinner at the President’s House; by New Year’s Day, 1806, Mellimelni was acclaimed “the lion of the season” by socialite Margaret Bayard Smith. However, Mellimelni’s novelty soon wore off, and so di…
The Qur'an and Kerygma
The Qur’ān’s biblical foregrounds have long formed a controversial concern within Qur’ānic Studies, with field-leading scholars debating the Muslim scripture’s complex relationship and “response” to the Judeo-Christian canon. This contentious subject has largely overshadowed, however, a reciprocal, yet no less rich, textual relationship which forms the focus of the present study. Rather than read the Muslim scripture in light of its biblical ante…
‘Minding the Koran’ in Civil War America
Islamic influences have increasingly gained recognition as vital to early US Literature. Contrary to current critiques of ‘Orientalism’, however, this essay emphasises the personal, rather than the political, implications of American interest in the Qur'an. Taking its cue from Walt Whitman's iconic ‘Song of Myself’ – in which the poet characterises himself as ‘minding the koran’ – the present essay explores the interiority of antebellum approache…
Nineteenth-Century US Literature in Middle Eastern Languages
Reading the early American canon through its Middle Eastern translations, Nineteenth-Century US Literature in Middle Eastern Languages examines prominent renditions of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville and Walt Whitman into Hebrew, Persian and Arabic. Tracing the revisionary processes which give rise to these Middle Eastern versions, the book argues that such translations offer unique and pivotal …
Nineteenthcentury Us Literature In Middle Eastern Languages
Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literature in Middle Eastern Languages
Navigating The Arabic Whale
Maintaining focus on America’s most celebrated fictions, Chapter 4 explores the importation of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick into the Arab world, examining this novel as translated by Iḥsān ‘Abbās, premier scholar of Arabic and Islamic Studies. First published in 1965, ‘Abbās’ Arabic Mūbī Dīk is understood not only as revising, but also enriching, Melville’s allusive fiction, uncovering the authentic origins for his Middle Eastern borrowings. Chapt…
Call me Ismā‘īl”
The Early American Qur'an
Although considerable scholarly attention has been paid to US Orientalism in the nineteenth century, there remains no targeted study of the formative influence exercised by the Qur'an upon the canon of early American literature. The present paper surveys receptions, adaptations and translations of the Qur'an during the ‘American Renaissance’, identifying the Qur'anic echoes which permeate the seminal works of literary patriarchs such as Ralph Wal…
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The Early American Qur'an
Although considerable scholarly attention has been paid to US Orientalism in the nineteenth century, there remains no targeted study of the formative influence exercised by the Qur'an upon the canon of early American literature. The present paper surveys receptions, adaptations and translations of the Qur'an during the ‘American Renaissance’, identifying the Qur'anic echoes which permeate the seminal works of literary patriarchs such as Ralph Wal…
Call me Ismā‘īl”
Nineteenth-Century US Literature in Middle Eastern Languages
Reading the early American canon through its Middle Eastern translations, Nineteenth-Century US Literature in Middle Eastern Languages examines prominent renditions of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville and Walt Whitman into Hebrew, Persian and Arabic. Tracing the revisionary processes which give rise to these Middle Eastern versions, the book argues that such translations offer unique and pivotal …
Nineteenthcentury Us Literature In Middle Eastern Languages
Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literature in Middle Eastern Languages
Navigating The Arabic Whale
Maintaining focus on America’s most celebrated fictions, Chapter 4 explores the importation of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick into the Arab world, examining this novel as translated by Iḥsān ‘Abbās, premier scholar of Arabic and Islamic Studies. First published in 1965, ‘Abbās’ Arabic Mūbī Dīk is understood not only as revising, but also enriching, Melville’s allusive fiction, uncovering the authentic origins for his Middle Eastern borrowings. Chapt…
‘Minding the Koran’ in Civil War America
Islamic influences have increasingly gained recognition as vital to early US Literature. Contrary to current critiques of ‘Orientalism’, however, this essay emphasises the personal, rather than the political, implications of American interest in the Qur'an. Taking its cue from Walt Whitman's iconic ‘Song of Myself’ – in which the poet characterises himself as ‘minding the koran’ – the present essay explores the interiority of antebellum approache…
The Qur'an and Kerygma
The Qur’ān’s biblical foregrounds have long formed a controversial concern within Qur’ānic Studies, with field-leading scholars debating the Muslim scripture’s complex relationship and “response” to the Judeo-Christian canon. This contentious subject has largely overshadowed, however, a reciprocal, yet no less rich, textual relationship which forms the focus of the present study. Rather than read the Muslim scripture in light of its biblical ante…
Jefferson's Muslim Fugitives
On October 3, 1807, Thomas Jefferson was contacted by an unknown traveler from the American frontier, who urgently requested a private “interview” with the President, promising to disclose “a matter of momentous importance”. By the next day, Jefferson held in his hands two astonishing manuscripts whose history has been lost for over two centuries. Authored by Muslims fleeing captivity in rural Kentucky, these documents delivered to the President …
Jefferson's Muslim Fugitives
“His name is ‘Usman”
This chapter focuses on a slave named ‘Usman. Born in 18th-century Futa Jallon—“in the interior part of Guinea”—‘Usman was raised in a Muslim region famed for scholarship, but also soldiery, regularly waging war against neighboring states. Educated in Islamic traditions, ‘Usman was trained not merely to recite Qur’anic text orally, but to write in elegant lines. Such literary skills would comprise a rare continuity in a life of jarring interrupti…
“I take Refuge with the Lord of Daybreak”
This chapter details the events surrounding Ezra Stiles’ receipt of a letter on March 18, 1788 from Abiel Holmes, a young minister whom Stiles had sent south seven months before. From Georgia, Holmes describes in his letter a celestial figure he met in the flesh—a “great literary curiosity,” whose presence is likened to “a visit” from an ancient Greek Muse, compared to “Clio or Urania,” sister goddesses of history and astronomy. This figure turne…
“The Prayer of the Poorest Slave of God”
This chapter details events following the arrival in Washington of Sulaimān Mellimelni, the first Muslim envoy to the United States, on November 30, 1805. On his arrival, Mellimelni was greeted with holiday fanfare. In December 1805, he was fêted at a dinner at the President’s House; by New Year’s Day, 1806, Mellimelni was acclaimed “the lion of the season” by socialite Margaret Bayard Smith. However, Mellimelni’s novelty soon wore off, and so di…
Islam and New Directions in World Literature
Islam and New Directions in World Literature
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