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Gregor M. Schwarb Research Unit Intellectual History of the Islamicate World, Institute of Islamic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin RESEARCH FIELDS History of Jewish, Christian and Islamic Theology (Kalām) in Arabic / Samaritan literature in Arabic / Religious Thought / Muʿtazilism / Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic Philosophy / Qaraism /Arabic and Hebrew Linguistics / Arabic and Hebrew Palaeography and Codicology / Interreligious Polemics / Legal Hermeneutics / Comparative Legal Theory / Scriptural Exegesis and Hermeneutics |
| Web Page: | https://http://fu-berlin.academia.edu/GregorSchwarb |
| List Affiliations: | List Editor for APSA-CIVED |
| Interests: | Classical Studies History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Intellectual History Islamic History / Studies Jewish History / Studies Law and Legal History Library and Information Science Linguistics Medieval and Byzantine History / Studies Middle East History / Studies Music and Music History Oral History Philosophy Religious Studies and Theology Research and Methodology World History / Studies |
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Bio: Studied philosophy, theology, and classical philology at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), Hebrew & Jewish thought and philosophy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and Islamic studies at the Institut Français d'Études Arabes de Damas and the University of Damascus. Previously (–2009) Academic Director of the Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations in Cambridge (UK). Since October 2009 Senior Research Associate in The European Research Council’s FP 7 Project “Rediscovering Theological Rationalism in the Medieval World of Islam”, Research Unit Intellectual History of the Islamicate World, Institute of Islamic Studies, Freie Universität Berlin (Altensteinstr. 40, 14195 Berlin, Germany). Project website: http://tiny.cc/RUIHIW Personal website: http://fu-berlin.academia.edu/GregorSchwarb |
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