Martin Schreiner between Islamic Studies and "Wissenschaft des Judentums"

Reconstructing His Scholarly Biography
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-16-162374-5
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, 830 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 1352 g

Reihe: Schriftenreihe wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen des Leo-Baeck-Instituts

In 1906 Martin Schreiner, who had been diagnosed with mental illness four years previously, wrote from the Sanatorium Berolinum in Berlin-Lankwitz to the librarian of the "Lehranstalt für die Wissenschaft des Judentums" in Berlin, asking to send him some books, in the hope of being released soon. This letter and some short letters dating from 1920 and 1922 constitute Schreiner's last written testimonies. His mental illness painfully and suddenly ended the short but productive career of a versatile scholar who was one of the most important exponents of the "Wissenschaft des Judentums" and who simultaneously engaged in the study of Islam. Sabine Schmidtke reconstructs Schreiner's scholarly biography from his student days to his active period in Berlin, where the manuscript holdings of the Royal Library opened up entirely new perspectives for him. The author focuses on his pioneering scholarship particularly in the field of Islamic intellectual history, where his main contributions dealt with the Mu'tazila, Ibn Taymiyya and his circle, the mystical tradition of Ibn 'Arabi, and interreligious polemics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmidtke, Sabine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Schmidtke, Sabine
D.Phil. University of Oxford; Professor of Islamic Intellectual History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.