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Full-Text Articles in Near Eastern Languages and Societies
1) Sing And Rejoice, O Daughter Of Zion (Zechariah 2:14)- Studies In Pesiqta Rabbati, Rivka Ulmer
1) Sing And Rejoice, O Daughter Of Zion (Zechariah 2:14)- Studies In Pesiqta Rabbati, Rivka Ulmer
Faculty Books
Chapters focusing on different aspects of Pesiqta Rabbati, a midrashic homiletic work, encompassing semiotic theories, prophesies, apocalypticism, halakhic issues, Chanukah, global theories of midrash, Hebrew manuscripts. messiah, scriptural quotations, mashal, historical issues, Greek loanwords, Parma, Casanata, JTS, Genizah, Vienna, and versions.
Developing Attitudes Toward Learning Arabic As A Foreign Language Among American University And College Students, Martin Isleem
Developing Attitudes Toward Learning Arabic As A Foreign Language Among American University And College Students, Martin Isleem
Faculty Contributions to Books
This study investigates the developing attitudes of American university and college students toward learning Arabic as a Foreign Language. The primary goal of this examination is to shed light on the ways in which students' attitudes toward learning Arabic affect their motivation to learn the language, as well as their commitment to learning it. A secondary goal of this study is to reveal students' perceptions of the use of both Spoken and Standard Arabic in the classroom, and what effect their perceptions may have on their developing attitudes toward Arabic, and their motivation to learn the language and study its …
Commentary: Blowing Up The Buddhas By The Taliban, James Mark Shields
Commentary: Blowing Up The Buddhas By The Taliban, James Mark Shields
Other Faculty Research and Publications
Commentary on "Blowing-up of the [Bamiyan] Buddhas by the Taliban"
Córdoban Discourses: A Drama Of Interreligious Dialogue, James Mark Shields
Córdoban Discourses: A Drama Of Interreligious Dialogue, James Mark Shields
Faculty Journal Articles
SETTING: Cordoba, Spain, 1135 CE, 29th year of the reign of ‘Ali “amir al-muslimin,” second king of the Berber Almoravid dynasty, rulers of Moorish Spain from 1071 to 1147. Cordoba, the capital of Andalus and the center of the Almoravid holdings in Spain, is a bustling cosmopolitan center, a crossroads for Europe and the Middle East, and the meeting-point of three religious traditions. Most significantly, Cordoba at this time is the hub of European intellectual activity. From the square—itself impressively large and surrounded by a massive collonade, the regularity and ordered beauty of which typifies the Moorish taste for symmetry …