Article: Alchemie, Ketzerei, Apokryphen in fruhen Islam: Gesammelte Aufsatze.

By PAUL KRAUS. Edited by REMI BRAGUE. Hildesheim and New York: GEORG OLMS VERLAG, 1994. Pp. xiii + 346. DM 118.

Eleven studies by Paul Kraus, one of the true geniuses of our times! Remi Brague introduces the book with a brief biography and interesting sketches of Kraus' main colleagues. Unfortunately the book has no index.

1. "Hebraische und syrische Zitate in ismailitischen Schriften." In a number of texts ascribed to the influential dai Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani (Kraus proves their authenticity in the course of his analysis) there are a number of quotations in Hebrew (drawn from the Jewish Bible and Mishnah) and in Syriac (taken from the New Testament). These ...

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