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 Gorgias Dissertations in Arabic and Islamic Studies (1935-6870): Gorgias Dissertations (GD) makes outstanding doctoral dissertations in various disciplines available to scholars and the public. The series provides a valuable service to the scholarly community as it disseminates unique academic perspectives that would otherwise remain inaccessible. Gorgias Press has successfully introduced many young scholars as published authors to the academic world through the dissertation series. This sub-series covers Arabic and Islamic studies.
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| 978-1-59333-979-1 | Clohessy, Christopher. Fatima, Daughter of Muhammad
This work, based almost entirely on the primary Arabic texts of Sunnî and Shî’a Islam, offers a fresh examination of the life of Fatima, Muhammad’s only surviving child, and reveals for the first time her distinctive and fascinating personality. More... | $141.55 | Add to Cart |  | 
| 978-1-59333-781-0 | Ali, Jamal, and Ismail Poonawala. Language and Heresy in Ismaili Thought
Abu Hatim al-Razi (d. 322/934) was the Ismaili author of Kitab al-zina, a unique glossary of Islamic words. This book explores his contributions and place in early Arabic linguistic and lexicographical thought and practice, and in Shi’i heresiographical writing. More... | $131.25 | Add to Cart | | 
| 978-1-59333-394-2 | Crosby, Elise. The History, Poetry, and Genealogy of the Yemen
The History, Poetry, and Genealogy of the Yemen is the earliest known history of pre-Islamic Yemen. Attributed to the South Arabian historian ‘Abid b. Sharya al-Jurhumi d. 680 A.D., it recounts in prose and poetry six saga cycles of ancient personages and events of the Yemen. Here, two sagas, the dispersion of Sam’s descendants from Babel to the Yemen, and the destruction of the tribes of ‘Ad and Thamud, are translated with complete annotation. The tales of Luqman b. ‘Ad and his seven vultures, Sulayman and Bilqis, the Himyarite kings, and Tasm and Jadis are given in full synopses. More... | $127.50 | Add to Cart | |
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