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بداية الفكر الإسلامي الأنساق والأبعاد
160 pages, Unknown Binding
Published October 1, 2000
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Josef van Ess
49 books20 followersJosef van Ess (born April 18, 1934 in Aachen) is a German Islamic scholar. Until his retirement in 1999, he taught at the University of Tübingen.
In 1959, van Ess graduated in Bonn with a thesis on Islamic mysticism. The Habilitation took place in 1964 in Frankfurt with a thesis on epistemological theory in the Islamic scholasticism. He has held guest professorships at the University of California Los Angeles (1967) and at the American University of Beirut (1967/1968). In 1968 he followed Rudi Paret as a professor at the Oriental Seminary at the University of Tübingen at the chair of "Islamic Studies and Semitic studies".
His published work includes : theology and society in the 2nd and 3rd century Hijrah. A history of religious thought in early Islam, in whose six volumes he reconstructed the thought buildings of former Islamic theologians, which were usually only handed down to later authors.
In 1959, van Ess graduated in Bonn with a thesis on Islamic mysticism. The Habilitation took place in 1964 in Frankfurt with a thesis on epistemological theory in the Islamic scholasticism. He has held guest professorships at the University of California Los Angeles (1967) and at the American University of Beirut (1967/1968). In 1968 he followed Rudi Paret as a professor at the Oriental Seminary at the University of Tübingen at the chair of "Islamic Studies and Semitic studies".
His published work includes : theology and society in the 2nd and 3rd century Hijrah. A history of religious thought in early Islam, in whose six volumes he reconstructed the thought buildings of former Islamic theologians, which were usually only handed down to later authors.
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