ISBN9789004336490 hardcover volume 1 alkaline paper
9789004336520 hardcover volume 2 alkaline paper
9789004336537 hardcover volume 3 alkaline paper
ISBN (set)9789004312241 hardcover set alkaline paper
Author/Editorby Josef van Ess
edited by Hinrich Biesterfeldt.
Extent3 volumes (lxx, 2634 pages)
Alternative TitleKleine Schriften by Josef van Ess
Note (Text Language)Text mainly in German with selections in English and French.
Note (Content)Kleine Schriften', written by the eminent German scholar of Islamic Studies Josef van Ess, is a unique collection of Van Ess' widely scattered short writings, journal articles, encyclopaedia entries, (autobiographical) essays, reviews and lectures, in (mainly) German, English and French, some of which are published here for the first time. It includes a full bibliography of the author's work, in addition to two indexes of classical authors and works, which aim to make accessible the remarkable riches that these 'Kleine Schriften' have to offer. The three-volume collection, carefully selected by the author himself, offers over 150 texts organized primarily along Van Ess' own biography and the history of the discipline. It is divided into twelve parts, beginning with Tübingen where his career began in 1968, and ending with Retrospects and Postscripts for the future, with the thematic complexes Islam and its first options and 'Mu'tazila' as centre pieces. All parts are introduced by brief accounts of the historical context in which each of the assembled texts was written and which course subsequent scholarship may have taken.
Note (Bibliography)Includes bibliographical references and index.