Rocznik Orientalistyczny: Recent submissions
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Muhammad ̔Awfī and the Persian maqāma
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)The influence of Arabic maqāmas on Hebrew literature has received some attention, but their influence on Persian literature has been less intensively studied. However, maqāmas were eagerly received and imitated in ... -
The Grammatical Treatise Al-Mufassal fī san‘at al-i‘rāb of Abū al-Qāsim az-Zamašarī (died 1144 A.D.) – a Masterpiece of Arab Grammar
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)Abū al-Qāsim az-Zamahšarī’s (1075–1144) grammatical treatise Al-Mufassal fī san‘at al-i‘rāb is one of the main and most acknowledged philological masterpieces of the classical Arabic. The aim of this article is to shed ... -
The Syrian Nizārī Ismā̔īlīs after the Fall of Alamūt. Imāmate’s Dilemma
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)The collapse of the Nizārī Ismā̔īlīs’ state with its centre in Alamūt and the elimination by the Mongols of Rukn ad-Dīn Huršāh, the last Hudāwand of their state and imām, in 655/1257, meant breaking away by the Syrian ... -
The Churches of Damascus according to Ibn ‘Asākir (d. 1176). The Destruction of the Church of St. John the Baptist by Caliph Walīd I
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)The Islamic commentators on the Damascus mosque from the eighth to the twelfth centuries demonstrated superiority of Islam to Christianity to reduce the influence of the earlier owners of the sanctuary, giving this ... -
Šawqī Dayf (1910–2005). Biography, Method, Bibliography
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)The Article contains a biography and full bibliography of an eminent Egyptian scholar in the field of literature and linguistics, Šawqī Dayf. -
The Validity of Ibn Rušd’s Idea for Contemporary Political Thought: Faith, Rationalism, Ethical Values
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)The question of succession of governmental systems in the Arab-Islamic world was singled out by the Maghrebian scholar Muhammad ‘Ābid al-J ā bir ī as a cardinal one, regarding Ibn Rušd as the very philosopher, whose ... -
Al-Ǧāhiz and ‘Abd al-Ǧabbār on the Necessity of Imamate. A Note on the Fate of Mu‘tazilite Political Ideas
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)The article is devoted to some aspects of the political theory of the eminent Arab thinker Al- Ǧ ā h i z (d. 869), especially in the context of his influence on later generations of religious and political thinkers, ... -
The Logic of Absolutely Contradictory Self-identity and Aesthetic Values in Zen Art
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2013)This article aims to show that yūgen, wabi and sabi deserve to be called aesthetic values of Zen art only when their definition complies with the logic of absolute contradictory self-identity (the logic of paradox). ... -
Reality, Dream and Hallucination in the Literary Works of Muhammad al-Qurmuti
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)Muhammad al-Qurmuti is one of the most eminent of Omani writers. He was born in al-Buraymi in 1955. He is the author of a single volume of short stories, entitled Sa’at ar-rahil al-multahiba, which was published in ... -
Two in One and One in Two: An Observation on the Composition of the Qur’ānic Text
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)The article analyzes two opposite but related phenomena. First, when two sūras are treated as one integrated text by Muslim commentators. Second, when the text of a sūra is styled as two autonomous texts each one with ... -
The Doctrine of muhammisa according to Muslim Heresiography
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)The article presents the doctrine of muhammisa according to Muslim heresiography. The muẖammisa is one of ḡulāt groups. This term is applied to groups accused of exaggeration (ḡuluww) in religion and has covered a ... -
Stereotypical Expressions in Early Ottoman Literature. Sunrise and Sunset
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)The classical Ottoman epic poetry disposed of a great variety of stereotype expressions which caused that the poetic style was extremely ornate and sublime. This paper deals with two expressions used to describe the ... -
The Ways of Expression of Cultural Norms in the Egyptian Dialect
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)In this paper I am going to present the ways in which the Egyptian dialect renders social norms, which will be illustrated by the examples of expressions regarding human- to-human interaction. This provides an outline ... -
Giles’s of Rome Criticism of Avicenna’s Conception of the Unity of Agent Intellect
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)The discussion with Islamic philosophy is one of the most important topics in the history of medieval philosophy. Furthermore, the criticism of the unity of intellect formulated by Christian medieval thinkers against ... -
Flavorings in Context: Spices and Herbs in Medieval Near East
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2011)Throughout history, the approach towards imported spices varied from culture to culture. In medieval and early post-medieval Europe, where spices became an exotic object of temporary desire, they were often used ... -
Remarques sur la genèse du peuplement antique et médiéval du Maghreb: l’apport de la toponymie et de la philologie
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2013)The issues relating to toponymy and the fundamental questions on settlement patterns in North Africa, from the ancient period to the Middle Ages, have sparked many debates around some controversies. The results of the ... -
The Heroes and the Flame
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2013)The poems of the Jewish poet Hanna Senesh bear witness to strong resolve and refusal to stand by without interference. Written mostly in Hebrew the words reflect a fusion of ancient as well as modern features of ... -
1963: The Spring of Hope for the Ba῾t
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2013)In 1963 events elsewhere in the Arab world began to move swiftly under pressures from the underlying Arab nationalist forces. On 8 February the Iraqi dictator ῾Abd al-Karīm Qāsim was overthrown and shot in a coup led ... -
Частота встречаемости смычных согласных в некоторых языках мира как показатель степени смычности их звуковой цепочки
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2013)It is still an enigma why some languages produce many occlusive consonants in their speech sound chains while others do not. Thus, some world languages may have many occlusive consonants in their sound speech chains, ... -
Written Manchu šumin ‘deep’
(Komitet Nauk Orientalistycznych PAN, 2013)The main goal of this paper is to discuss the etymology of Written Manchu šumin ‘deep’ (§§1.1–1.3.1). This word is usually connected with Ewenki suŋta ‘deep’ (§2.1.1). Benzing and Doerfer proposed partial solutions ...