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Rudolf Strothmann (1877-1960) played a pioneering role in the scholarly exploration of Shi¿i Islam in Western, especially German, scholarship. Between 1910 & 1923, he published many pathbreaking studies on the Zaydiyya, consulting primarily the recently purchased collections of Yemeni Zaydi manuscripts in Berlin. At the same time, he began to delve into Twelver Shi¿i literature, culminating in his 1926 monograph on two prominent 7th- & 13th-ce...

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 sudden...

An illustrated collection of articles on Yemeni manuscript culture.

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This Handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the current state of the field. It provides a variegated picture of the state of the art and at the same time suggests new directions for future research.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of Islamic Theology.

This volume provides a thorough investigation of the theological views of the Twelversh?'ite Ibn Ab? Jumh?r al-A?s?'? (d. after 906/1501) who combined traditional Mu'tazilite thought with the philosophical tradition of Ibn S?n?, with the Illuminationist tradition and with speculative mysticism.