Rewriting the Gem: Revolution and Devolution in Zecharia ha-Rofé’s Al-Durra al-Muntakhaba
Gastbeitrag von Dr. Ariel Malachi Introduction Zecharia ha-Rofé, a member of the Jewish community in Dhamar, Yemen, was one of the most important intellectual figures of the first half of the 15th century. His body of work reflects a unique blend of rabbinic tradition and philosophical inquiry, shaped by both Jewish and Islamic intellectual currents. […]
16th – 17th Century Manuscripts and Letter-Writing Manuals in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
Als Gastbeitrag von Dr. Ercan Akyol: Auszüge aus seinem Beitrag im Blog des DFG-Projekts Qalamos The primary objective of my research is to contextualize Ottoman literary culture of the late 16th and early 17th centuries within its historical framework, with a particular focus on the functions of literature in Ottoman society, especially among the scholarly elite. In […]

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