Modern Jewish Scholarship on Islam in Context

The analysis shows that their research on Islam was also informed by their own changing perspectives on the geographic borders of Europe, which not only testifies to their search for belonging but also to their objective of refuting the colonial mechanisms of these borders and untying what most of them eventually saw as a European web of Orientalism.

Auteur
Ottfried Fraisse, University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle.

Texte du rabat

After World War II, Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921-2007) published works in English and German by eminent Israeli scholars, in this way introducing them to a wider audience in Europe and North America. The series he founded for that purpose, Studia Judaica, continues to offer a platform for scholarly studies and editions that cover all eras in the history of the Jewish religion.

Résumé

After World War II, Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (19212007) published works in English and German by eminent Israeli scholars, in this way introducing them to a wider audience in Europe and North America. The series he founded for that purpose, Studia Judaica, continues to offer a platform for scholarly studies and editions that cover all eras in the history of the Jewish religion.