The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam: From Polemic to History (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
By: G.R. Hawting
4.12
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
Why and under what circumstances did the religion of Islam emerge in a remote part of Arabia at the…
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1. Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Qur'an
By: Toshihiko Izutsu
3.31
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
In the Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Qur'an Toshihiko Izutsu analyzes the guiding spirit of the … read more
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2. Orientalism
By: None , Edward W. Said
4.12
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the W… read more
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"Toda época y toda sociedad recrea sus «otros»."-None, Orientalism
"الإستشرق في جوهره مذهب سياسي فُرِضَ فَرْضاً على الشرق لأن الشرق كان أضعف من الغرب، وإنه تجاهل اختلاف الشرق الراجع إلى ضعفه."-None, Orientalism
"It seems a common human failing to prefer the schematic authority of a text to the disorientations of direct encounters with the human."-None, Orientalism
"إن مناقشات الشرق كانت تتسم بالغياب الكامل للشرق، لكن المرء يحس بأن المستشرق ومايقوله حاضران، ومع ذلك فيجب ألا ننسى أن الذي يمكِّن المستشرق من الحضور هو الغياب الفعلي للشرق."-None, Orientalism
3. The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion)
By: Stephen J. Shoemaker
3.98
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The oldest Islamic biography of Muhammad, written in the mid-eighth century, relates that the proph… read more
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4. شناخت اساطیر ایران
By: ژاله آموزگار , John R. Hinnells , احمد تفضلی
4.14
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
sTwrhh ay'ynhhyy hstnd khh tSwyrhyy r z wry hzrhh mn`khs mykhnnd w anj khh trykh w bstnshnsy khmwsh… read more
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5. Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations
By: Michael A. Sells
4.11
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Approaching the Qur'anis a major event in religious publishing. Professor Michael Sells has capture… read more
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6. Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam
By: Fred M. Donner
3.80
Format: 25 pages, Hardcover
The origins of Islam have been the subject of increasing controversy in recent years. The tradition… read more
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7. Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World
By: Michael A. Cook , Patricia Crone
4.95
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
This is a paperback edition of a controversial study of the origins of Islamic civilisation, first … read more
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8. The Qur'an and Its Biblical Subtext
By: Gabriel Said Reynolds
3.88
Format: 192 pages, ebook
This book challenges the dominant scholarly notion that the Qur'?n must be interpreted through the … read more
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9. The Blind Owl
By: Sadegh Hedayat , D.P. Costello
3.97
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Considered the most important work of modern Iranian literature, The Blind Owl is a haunting tale o… read more
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"افكار پوچ! از هر حقيقتی بيشتر مرا شكنجه ميكند"-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
"در زندگی زخمهایی است که روح را آهسته در انزوا می خورد ومیتراشد"-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
"در زندگی زخمهايی هست که مثل خوره روح را آهسته در انزوا می خورد و می تراشد"-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
"از دور ریختن عقایدی که به من تلقین شده بود، آرامش مخصوصی در خودم حس می‌کردم."-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
10. Notes from Underground
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Norman Dietz , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky , Boris de Schlœzer , Emanuela Guercetti , None , Donald Fanger , None , None , None
4.17
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Dostoevsky’s most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between ninet… read more
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"l'homme de la nature et de la verite"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
"I'll go this minute!' Of course, I remained."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
"إذ ما العذاب والألم ... سوى المحرك الوحيد للوعي."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
"To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
11. Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings
By: Abolqasem Ferdowsi , Azar Nafisi , Dick Davis
0.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Among the great works of world literature, perhaps one of the least familiar to English readers is … read more
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12. God's Caliph: Religious Authority in the First Centuries of Islam
By: Patricia Crone , Martin Hinds
4.34
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
This study examines how religious authority was distributed in early Islam. It argues the case that… read more
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13. The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam: From Polemic to History (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
By: G.R. Hawting
4.12
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
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14. Abd al-Malik (Makers of the Muslim World)
By: Chase F. Robinson
3.77
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
‘Abd al-Malik, who came to prominence during the second civil war of early Islam, ruled the Islamic… read more
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15. Creating the Qur’an: A Historical-Critical Study
By: Stephen J. Shoemaker
4.00
Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Creating … read more
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