The Life and Work of W. Montgomery Watt /

The Life and Work of W. Montgomery Watt / / Carole Hillenbrand.

Celebrates the life and work of one of the most famous of all Western scholars of IslamIncludes unpublished writings of W. Montgomery Watt: his diary and ‘The Testament of a Search’Discusses different aspects of W. Montgomery Watt’s career and his outstanding achievementsHighlights the core views he...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
VerfasserIn:
Hillenbrand, Carole,
MitwirkendeR:
Donner, Fred,
Hillenbrand, Carole,
Holloway, Richard,
Kerr, David,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2019
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.) :; 1 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • PART 1 LECTURES GIVEN ON 23 OCTOBER 2015 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
  • 1 William Montgomery Watt: the Man and the Scholar1
  • 2 The Study of Islam’s Origins since William Montgomery Watt’s Publications
  • 3 Committed Openness: a Glance at William Montgomery Watt’s Religious Life
  • PART 2 UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS OF WILLIAM MONTGOMERY WATT
  • 4 A Diary
  • 5 ‘The Testament of a Search’ and Later Unpublished Writings
  • 6 William Montgomery Watt’s Inaugural Lecture – Islamic Studies in Scotland: Retrospect and Prospect
  • PART 3 REFLECTIONS ON THE WORK OF WILLIAM MONTGOMERY WATT
  • 7 Scottish Pioneers of Arabic and Islamic Studies: Reflections on Selected Parts of the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Watt, Given in Edinburgh in October 1965
  • APPENDICES
  • Appendix A: Some Reminiscences of Louis Massignon1 (William Montgomery Watt)
  • Appendix B: A Tribute to Professor Watt6 Professor (Josef van Ess, University of Tübingen)
  • Appendix C: ‘The Last Orientalist’:7 a Valedictory Interview with Professor Watt (Bashir Maan8 and Alistair Mcintosh,9 1999)
  • Appendix D: A Tribute to Professor Watt (Hakim Mohammed Said)
  • Appendix E: William Montgomery Watt and a Historicist Interpretation of Islamic History (Hasan Hüseyin Adalioğlu)
  • Appendix F: Obituaries of William Montgomery Watt
  • A Bibliography of the Books Published by William Montgomery Watt
  • Index

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