Frontispiece (Portrait of the Scholar as a Young Man)

Foreword by Michael Cooperson

Introductory Editorial Remarks

Authors

Ta`abba?a Sharran, Goethe, Sh?kir

Scherzhafter bad?? bei Ab? Nuw?s

Muslim b. al-Wal?d und bad??

Ibn al-Mu?tazz

Dead Garments, Poor Nobles, and a Handsome Youth: Notes on a Poem by al-?anawbar?

The Meaning of Mutanabb?

Al-?auhar?s Metrik

Der Teil und das Ganze: Die Autoanthologie ?af? Al-D?n Al-?ill?s

?Abd al-Ra??m al-?Abb?s? (al-Sayyid ?Abd al-Ra??m)

Semitic Studies, Arabic Linguistics

Studies in Neo-Aramaic (Introduction)

Peculiarities of the Verbal System of Sen?ya within the Framework of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA)

The Modern Assyrians ? Name and Nation

A South-Arabian Bronze Vessel (with Ilse Lichtenstadter)

Ibn Khald?n as a Historical Linguist with an Excursus on the Question of Ancient g?f

The Beginnings of Caseless Arabic

The Etymology of Muqarnas: Some Observations

Jurisprudence, Juridical Rhetorics

On the Figurative (majaz) in Muslim Interpretation and Legal Hermeneutics

Qaw??id as a Genreof Legal Literature

Structuring the Law: Remarks on the Fur?q Literature

“Genres” in the Kit?b al-Luqta of Ibn Rushd´s Bid?yat Al-Mujtahid wa-Nih?yat al-Muqta?id

?adal bei a?-??f?: Eine Interpretation seiner Beispielsammlung

Na?m al-D?n al-??f? on the Incorrect Reading of the F?ti?a and Other Thought Experiments

Notes on the Index

Index of Classical Authors, Selected Book Titles, and Key Terms