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430 <strong>ISLAMIC</strong> STUDIES, 25:4 f1986) Rosenthal, p. 67 f. Baumstark, p. 248-56. To speak of a large number of wnnect- ing links of the Philosophical historic$ kind between the older Christian and Islamic history-writing under reference specially to Isidore of Seville (Richter, p. 16) even considered by what he states on p. 17 is absolutely puzzling. As for the break which the entry of the Arabs in the Near East meant culturally cf. H.H. Schaeder. "Der Orient in der Zeitenwende" in Cwona (1936137 pp. 277-304 specially p. 303. Although I would not say that the continuity of the cultures was broken, on the one hand it was temporarily overshadowed and naturally led to a new way with its partial reception, but that on the other, things that were overshadowed by Hellenism and Greek thought became again evident finally just through Islam. As an exception we can point out here the only case of John of Damascus, the Oriental Christian (700-749154) with his decisive importance for the fiil formulation of the orthodox dogmas Naturally, for the Monophysites and the Nestorians, their own dogmatic develop ment is the straight continuation of the Biblical old church traditions, and the ideas of the orthodox church and of the churches of the west, which one soon lost sight of, were deviations The influence of the Arabic-Jewish philosophy which arose gradually but quickly since the 12th century will not be discussed here. The Crusades began for the Muslims with the capture of Toledo in 1085 A.D. because they include this reconquest also in the C-uade movement. Cf. the dissertation of Anneliese Luders, Die Kreuzzuge in Urteil syrischer und armenischer Qellen (Hamburg Thesis, 195 2). About the place which the Islamic system of sciences gave to history (a question which may be of secondary importance for us), Cf. Rosenthal, pp. 28/48. For the following cf. Richter, Ceschichtsbewusstsein pp. 22/24 and generally Gustav Richter, "Studien zur Geschichte der alteren arabischen qstenspiegal" in Leipziger Semitistische Studien, N.F. 3 (Leipzig: 1932). This task is classically formulated in @bus Namh (belonging to 1080 A.D.) published by Reuben Levy (London: 1951). p. 118 lines 1-3: (The Courtier) "must have read much concerning the lives of monarchs to enable him to discourse to his master of the character of past kings and thus have influenad upon his heart with beneficial and favourable consequences for Allah's servants." In view of the little political significance of the ~ hpa the number of historical works that deal with their history (tit. fate) is very small. Much mord numerous are the general historical works in Shi'ite tradition. But there are also works that try to give a milder account of the old controversies due to Iranian causes and try (not reporting in the correct way) to change (the view of) the events in the sense of an ideal orthodoxy (the Golden Age of the fust four Caliphs), perhaps in the same sense as in the Old Testament, the books of the Chronicle stand beside the books of the Kings. Compare the Al-Biruni Commemoration Volume: (Calcutta: 195 1). Edited and published by Karl Jahn as Histoire Universelle I (Histoire des Francs) Leien: 195 1. See Roaenthal, op. cit. p. 36. About the beginning of the European works about Islam through the missionery route see Ugo Monneret de Vird. Lo studio (See the bibliography given below). An excellent survey of the whole course upto the nineteenth antury and of the importance of enlightenment and,philological research for oriental studies is given by Johannes Wilhelm Fuck, Die arabischen Studien (see Bib.)
432 <strong>ISLAMIC</strong> STUDIES, 25:4 (1986) Lator Moreno Gabrieli Rossi, Cnsthnesimo e Islamismo (Brescia, 1949). Fritsch, Erdmann. "Islam und Christentum im Mittelalter," in: Breslauer Studier~ zitr historischen Theologie (Breslau, 1930). Schaedcr, Hans Heinrich, "Die Orientforschunp und das abendlandische Ceschichtsbild." in: Welt als Geschichte. 2 (1936) pp. 377-396. Grunebaum, Gustav Edmund von, Medieval Islam. 2nd ed. (Chicago, 1947) Specially chaps 11, VII and VIII. Islam in Humanistic Education, in: Journal oj. General Education 4,1(1949) pp. 12-31. Tibawi, A.L. "Muslim education in the Golden Age of the Caliphate," in: the Islamic Culture XXVIIIl3 (July. 1954). pp. 418-438. Paret. Rudy, "Das Ceschichtsbild Mohammeds," in: Welt als Geschichte (1951) pp. 214- 224. Grunebaum. Gustav Edmund. Von, "Attempts at self-interpretation in contemporary Islam," in: Approaches to Group Understanding, (New York. 1947) pp. 785-820. Perspectives on a troubled decade: Science, Philosophy and Religion 1939-1949 (New York). 1950 pp. 137-184. Gibb, Hamilton Alexander Roskeen, Modern Trends in Islam. 2nd ed. (Chicago, 1950). Monneret de Villard. Ugo. Lo studio dell 'Islam in Europa nel XI1 e nel XIII secolo. in: Srudi e testi 110 (Vatican City. 1948). Flick, Johannes Wilhelm, "Die arabischen Studien in Europa vom 12 bis in den Anfang des 19. Jahrnunderts." in: Beitrage zur Ambistik, Semitistik und Isbmkunde. hrsg. von Richard Hartmann und Helmuth Scheel (Leipzig, 1944) pp. 85-253. Wihtenfeld, Ferdinand. Die Geschichtschreiber der Araber. (Gottingen, 1882). Brockelmann. Carl. Qschichte der arabischen Literatur. 2 vols. 2nd ed. (Leiden. 1943-44) and 3 Supplement vols. (1937142). Graf. George, Geschichte der christlichen arabischen lireratur, 4 vols. in: Studi e testi, 118, 133,146,147 (Vatican City, 1944151). Baumstark, Anton. Geschichte der syrischen Literatur, (Bonn. 1922). Und Rucker, Adolf "Die aramaische und syrische Literature," in: Handbuch der Orientalistik. 3, 2-3 (Leiden, 1954) pp. 163-204. Storey, Charles Ambros. Persian Literature. A bio-bibliographical survey, vol. 11: History (London, 1935-53). Babinger, Frap, Die Geschichtsschreiber der Osmanen und ihre Werke (Leipzig. 1927). Browne, Edward Granville. A Literary History of Persia. 4 vols. (London and Cambridge, 1902 to 1928. Sauvaget. Jean, Introduction al'histoire de /'Orient Musulman, Elements de bibliographie. 2nd ed. (Paris, 1946). Lowith, Kark. Weltgeschichte und Heilsgeschchen. Die theologischen Voraussetzungen der Geschichrsphilosophie, (Stuttgart, 1953).
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