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George Makdisi

Born

in Detroit, Michigan, The United States

May 15, 1920

Died

September 06, 2002

Website

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George Makdisi was a professor of oriental studies. He studied first in the United States, and later in Lebanon. He then graduated in 1964 in France from the Paris-Sorbonne University.

He taught in the University of Michigan and Harvard University before reaching the University of Pennsylvania in 1973, as a professor of Arabic. Here he remained until his retirement in 1990, when he held the post of director of the Department of Oriental Studies. He became a Professor Emeritus of "Arab and Islamic Studies" in the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

He was particularly interested in issues around higher education in the world.

He published the work al-Wadih fi Usul al-fiqh (The Fundamentals of Principles of Jurisprudence) in three volume ...more

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	نشأة الكليات: معاهد العلم عند المسلمين وفي الغرب by George Makdisi, جورج مقدسي, محمود سيد محمد (Translator) 4.22 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1981 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الإسلام الحنبلي by George Makdisi, جورج مقدسي, سعود المولى (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	نشأة الإنسانيات عند المسلمين وفي الغرب المسيحي by George Makdisi, أحمد العدوي (ترجمة) 4.38 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الأشعري والأشاعرة في التاريخ الديني الإسلامي by George Makdisi, جورج مقدسي, أنيس مورو (Translator) 3.45 avg rating — 47 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الشافعي وأصول المتكلمين: نشأة علم أصول الفقه وأهميته by George Makdisi, جورج مقدسي, يوسف وهب (Translator ) 3.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ابن عقيل: الدين والثقافة في الإسلام الكلاسيكي by George Makdisi, جورج مقدسي, محمد إسماعيل خليل (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الطبقات (مؤلفات في التراجم) : بين الفقه وصحيح الدين في الإسلام الكلاسيكي by George Makdisi, جورج مقدسي, علاء عوض عثمان (ترجمة) 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1993	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Religion, law and learning in classical Islam 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History and Politics in Eleventh-Century Baghdad 2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Medieval Education In Islam And The West: Papers Presented During The Session Of October 25 28, 1976 by George Makdisi, Dominique Sourdel, Janine Sourdel-Thomine 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1978	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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