Nābulusī Explores the Ruins of Baalbek
Antiquarianism in the Ottoman Empire during the Seventeenth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10422147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nir Shafir (0000-0001-6223-6762, University of California San Diego, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 136-184 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4338 • E-ISSN: 1935-0236 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/rqx.2021.332 |
| OpenAlex | W4220776346 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 38 |
Although it is generally thought that Muslims paid little attention to pre-Islamic antiquity, the Damascene scholar ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī visited and described the Roman ruins of Baalbek twice, in 1689 and 1700. He interpreted the site, however, not as a temple but as a palace built by jinns for Solomon. Nābulusī was very likely aware of the site's Roman past but purposefully played with its historicity to highlight Syria's innate sanctity. His interpretation of Baalbek reveals an antiquarian project in the Ottoman Empire that was constructed along variant but parallel lines to the better known one in Renaissance Europe
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