Muhammedanische Studien (2 vols., 1889/90; “Muslim Studies,” 1967/71) is the two-volume masterpiece of the Hungarian-Jewish Orientalist Ignáz Goldziher (1850–1921), who established Islamic Studies as an independent scholarly field. By interpreting the Islamic sources within their context of origin, Goldziher arrived at a dynamic understanding of Islam. He understo…
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Mangold-Will, Sabine, “Muslim Studies”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 25 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0563>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20210312
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