Overview of the project, difficulties, ideals, scope, historical context. Speakers: Philip Kennedy leads discussion with Geert Jan van Gelder, Ferial Ghazoul, and Joseph Lowry.
Remembering the Corpus
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Focus on Classical Arabic Literature, edited and translated by Geert Jan Van Gelder, and The Epistle on Legal Theory by Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shāfiʿī, edited and translated by Joseph E. Lowry.
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The Library of Arabic Literature is a remarkable undertaking. It is publishing, in Arabic and English dual-language volumes, key works of classical and pre-modern Arabic literature from the pre-Islamic era to the cusp of the modern period. Several of these works have not been translated before, while others have not received such careful editing and translation until now, when the editors and translators are consulting original manuscripts. The series launched its first title in December...
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