Recently added articles from The Journal of the American Oriental Society:
Translation Techniques in Two Syro-Arabic Versions of Ruth.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Translation Techniques in Two Syro-Arabic Versions of Ruth. By PER A. BENGTSSON. Studia Orientalia Lundensia. Nova Series, vol. 3. Stockholm: ALMQVIST AND WIKSELL INTERNATIONAL, 2003. Pp. 195. The present work is a follow-up to the author's previous work: Two Arabic Versions of ...
An Ottoman Protocol Register, Containing Ceremonies from 1736 to 1808: Beo Sadaret Defterleri 350 in the Prime Ministry Ottoman State Archives, Istanbul.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2008; ... An Ottoman Protocol Register, Containing Ceremonies from 1736 to 1808: Beo Sadaret Defterleri 350 in the Prime Ministry Ottoman State Archives, Istanbul. Edited by HAKAN T. KARATEKE. Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Fund Series. Istanbul: OTTOMAN BANK ARCHIVES AND RESEARCH CENTRE, and London: ROYAL ...
Renewers of the Age: Holy Men and Social Discourse in Colonial Benaadir.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Renewers of the Age: Holy Men and Social Discourse in Colonial Benaadir. By SCOTT REESE. Leiden: BRILL, 2008. Pp. xi + 246. $109. This is a book about (and based on) some of the Arabic writings of the religious scholars of Somalia's Benaadir coast (from just north of Mogadishu ...
"Ein Ungluck kommt selten allein ": Vier arabische Synonymensammlungen zum Wortfeld dahiya.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2008; ... "Ein Ungluck kommt selten allein ": Vier arabische Synonymensammlungen zum Wortfeld dahiya. By REINHARD WEIPERT. Munich: VERLAG DER BAYERISCHEN AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN, 2004. In this book, Reinhard Weipert presents the annotated edition of four unknown treatises collecting ...
The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History: Between China and the Islamic World.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2008; ... The Empire of the Qara Khitai in Eurasian History; Between China and the Islamic World. By MICHAL BIRAN. Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization. Cambridge: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2005. Pp. xvi + 279, illus., tables. $90 (cloth); $39.99 (paper). Writing a history of the ...