Department of Arabic

Research output

Research output per year 2011 2011 2012 2013 2014 2018 2019 2021 2022 2025

• 774 Citations
• 15 h-index
• 105 Article
• 89 Paper
• 47 Chapter
• 19 Book
• 40 More
  • 12 Other contribution
  • 10 Book/Film/Article/Arts review
  • 4 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
  • 4 Special issue
  • 3 Foreword/postscript
  • 2 Conference contribution
  • 1 Meeting Abstract
  • 1 Editorial
  • 1 Letter
  • 1 Review article
  • 1 Working paper

Research output per year

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• 2024

  Ignaz Goldziher: The Founding Father of Gesture Studies in Arabic and Islamic Studies

  Holtzman, L. & Ovadia, M., 2024, Islamic History and Civilization. Brill Academic Publishers, p. 79-138 60 p. (Islamic History and Civilization; vol. 212).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The Caliph al-Qādir bi-llāh and the Qādirī Creed

  Holtzman, L., 2024, Islamic History and Civilization. Brill Academic Publishers, p. 143-209 67 p. (Islamic History and Civilization; vol. 213).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

• Vertical Versus Horizontal: Egypt’s State Religion Discourse Before and After the 2011 Uprising

  Lavie, L., 1 Jan 2024, From the 1919 Revolution to the 2011 Arab Spring: A History of Three Egyptian Thawras Reconsidered. p. 67-85 19 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Uprising 100%
  • Religion 90%
  • Discourse 89%
  • president 71%
  • Downfall 57%
• 2022

  The Names of the Mamlūks: Ethnic Groups and Ethnic Solidarity in the Mamluk Sultanate (648–922/1250–1517)

  Yosef, K., 2022, Islamic History and Civilization. Levanoni, A. (ed.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 59-118 60 p. (Islamic History and Civilization; vol. 181).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The Rise of Mamlūks’ Descendants in the Turkish Period (648–‍784/‌1250–‍1382): The Status and Identity of Mamlūks’ Descendants who were Amirs in Cairo according to the Jarīda Iqṭāʿiyya of the Year 778/1377

  Yosef, K., 1 Aug 2022, Mamluk Descendants: In Search for the awlād al-nās. Kollatz, A. (ed.). p. 237-430 194 p. (Mamluk Studies; vol. 29).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The Term Awlād al-Nās and “the Rise of a New Class”

  Yosef, K., 1 Aug 2022, Mamluk Descendants: In Search for the awlād al-nās. Kollatz, A. (ed.). p. 431-610 180 p. (Mamluk Studies; vol. 29).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• عالم في الظلّ

  هولتزمان, ل. & بوري, ك., 2022, عالم في الظلّ: مقالات في الفكر الفقهي والعقدي لابن قيم الجوزية. هولتزمان, ل. & بوري, ك. (eds.). وهران, p. 43-91 49 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2021

  Al-Maqrīzī's Sulūk, Muqaffā, and Durar al-'Uqūd: Trends of “Literarization” in the Historical Corpus of a 9th/15th-Century Egyptian Shāfi'ī Religious Scholar

  Yosef, K., 2021, Islamic History and Civilization. van Steenbergen, J. & Termonia, M. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 33-111 79 p. (Islamic History and Civilization; vol. 179).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

• How (Not) to Read Pedagogical Grammars of Arabic: The Case of the Subjunctive Mood

  Kasher, A., 23 Nov 2021, The IOS Annual Volume 21. “Carrying a Torch to Distant Mountains”. Cohen, Y., Gilan, A., Cerqueglini, L. & Sheyhatovitch, B. (eds.). Leiden, The Netherlands, p. 414-443 30 p. (The IOS Annual).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • mood 100%
  • grammar 94%
  • genre 30%
  • lack 17%
  • student 8%

• Language and Style in Mamluk Historiography

  Yosef, K., 2021, Islamic History and Civilization. van Steenbergen, J. & Termonia, M. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 112-164 53 p. (Islamic History and Civilization; vol. 179).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  Open Access

• ‏האוטוריטריות החדשה במצרים: יציבות ושבריריות בתקופת עבד אל-פתאח א-סיסי

  יפת-אבשלום, ב. & לביא, ל., 2021, בין יציבות למהפכה: עשור לאביב הערבי. פודה, א. & וינקלר, א. (eds.). ירושלים, p. 160-181 22 p.

  Ariel University, Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2020

  Aspects of Syntactic Effect ('amal) in Arabic Grammatical Tradition: The Term šuġl in Sībawayhi's al-Kitāb and Beyond

  Kasher, A., 2020, Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics. Sheyhatovitch, B. & Kasher, A. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 91-106 16 p. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; vol. 101).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Syntax 100%
  • Imprecision 86%
  • Grammarian 84%
  • god 76%
  • technical language 65%

• The Unknown Aspect of Israeli-Jordanian Relations from 1948 to 1967

  Gottesfeld, D. & Yitzhak, R., 2020, The Islamic World in Contemporary and Historical Perspective. Nalborczyk, A. S., Kończak, I. & Lewicka, M. (eds.). Poland, p. 83-91 9 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2019

  Changing Spaces: Space and Place in the Novel Confusing the Stork, by Palestinian Writer Akram Musallam

  Gottesfeld, D., 2019, Arabic Literature in a Posthuman World: Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the European Association for Modern Arabic Literature (EURAMAL), May 2016, Oslo. Guth, S. & Pepe, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden, p. 75-92 18 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Cross-Boundary hatred: (Changing) Attitudes towards Mongol and ‘Christian' Mamlūks in the Mamluk Sultanate

  Yosef, K., 2019, The Mamluk Sultanate from the Perspective of Regional and World History: Economic, Social and Cultural Development in an Era of Increasing International Interaction and Competition. Amitai, R. & Conermann, S. (eds.). Göttingen, p. 149-214 66 p. (Mamluk Studies; vol. 17).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• How to Parse Effective Objects according to Arab Grammarians? A Dissenting Opinion on al-maf'ūl al-mutlaq

  Kasher, A., 2019, Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics. Giolfo, M. E. B. & Versteegh, K. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 198-211 14 p. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; vol. 97).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• On Divine Aboveness (al-Fawqiyya): The Development of Rationalized Ḥadīth-Based Argumentations in Islamic Theology

  Holtsman, L. & Ovadia, M., 2019, Rationalization in Religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Friedmann, Y. & Markschies, C. (eds.). Berlin: de Gruyter, p. 224-269 46 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Deity 100%
  • Divinity 100%
  • Argumentation 100%
  • Islamic theology 100%
  • traditionalist 100%
• 2018

  Early Pedagogical Grammars of Arabic

  Kasher, A., 2018, Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics. Ayoub, G. & Versteegh, K. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 146-166 21 p. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; vol. 94).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The Bedouin Who Asked Questions: The Later Ḥanbalites and the Revival of the Myth of Abū Razīn al-ʿUqaylī

  Holtsman, L., 2018, Islamic Philosophy from the 12th to the 14th Century. Al Ghouz, A. (ed.). Göttingen, p. 431-468 38 p. (Mamluk Studies; vol. 20).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Revival 100%
  • Philosophy 95%
  • Islam 42%

• הרהורים על הוראת הספרות בין כותלי בתי הספר הערביים בישראל: הטקסט הספרותי הערבי כמכניזם לשינוי תרבותי

  Translated title of the contribution: Thoughts on the Teaching of Literature within the Arab Schools in Israel: The Arabic Text as a Mechanism of Cultural Changeבוארדי, ב., 2018, התפתחות לשונית בקרב דוברי ערבית בחברה רב-לשונית. מח'ול, ב. & אולשטיין, ע. (eds.). תל אביב, p. 153-169 17 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• الاختيار والقضاء والقدر والفطرة: استعمال ابن تيمية وابن قيم للحديث في الكتب العقديّة

  Translated title of the contribution: Human Choice, Divine Guidance and the Fitra Tradition: The Use of Hadith in Theological Treatises by Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyaهولتزمان, ل., 2018, ابن تيمية وعصره. Rapoport, Y. & Ahmed, S. (eds.). بيروت, p. 189-214 26 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• محنة ابن عقيل (ت. ١١١٩/٥١٣) وفتنة ابن القشيري (ت. ١١٢٠/٥١٤)

  Translated title of the contribution: The Miḥna of Ibn ʿAqīl (d. 513/1119) and the Fitnat Ibn al-Qushayrī (d. 514/1120)هولتزمان, ل., 2018, المرجع في تاريخ علم الكلام. شميتكه, ز. (ed.). بيروت, p. 1099-1128 30 p. (ترجمات; vol. 34).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Islamic Theology 100%
  • Handbook 70%
  • Translating 32%
  • Translator 30%
• 2017

  19.3 Primary Translations

  Polliack, M., Nadler-Akirav, M. & Zoran, Y., 2017, Textual History of the Bible. Brill Academic Publishers, p. 615-637 23 p. (Textual History of the Bible; vol. 1 C).

  Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Usages of kinship terminology during the mamluk sultanate and the notion of the 'mamluk family'

  Yosef, K., 2017, Islamic History and Civilization. Brill Academic Publishers, p. 16-75 60 p. (Islamic History and Civilization; vol. 143).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• בין ניחוח החלום לניחוח החיים: האישה ביצירתה של הסופרת סאמיה עטעוט "ריח של אדם ישן"

  Translated title of the contribution: Between the Scent of Dream and the Scent of Life: Women in the Literary Work of Samia Atout 'A Smell of a Sleeping Man'גוטספלד, ד., 2017, לנוע בין המרחבים: על הקול הנשי ביצירותיהן של סופרות ערביות בנות הדור החדש. גוטספלד, ד. (ed.). ירושלים ותל אביב, p. 129-141 13 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• מבוא - על הכתיבה הנשית הערבית העכשווית

  גוטספלד, ד., 2017, לנוע בין המרחבים (קובץ בעריכת דורית גוטספלד). ירושלים, p. 7-17 11 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• מצרים: האומנם מהפכה?

  פודה, א. & לביא, ל., 2017, הגל השלישי: מחאה ומהפכה במזרח התיכון. פודה, א. & וינקלר, א. (eds.). ירושלים, p. 79-106 28 p.

  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• מצרים בין מהפכות

  Translated title of the contribution: Egypt between Revolutionsלביא, ל., 2017, תולדות האסלאם ומדינות המזרח התיכון בעת החדשה. Kozma, L. (ed.). p. 87-109 23 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• תאולוגיה

  Translated title of the contribution: Islamic Theologyהולצמן, ל., 2017, האסלאם: היסטוריה, דת, תרבות. בר-אשר, מ. & חטינה, מ. (eds.). ירושלים, p. 422-448 27 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2016

  The Miḥna of Ibn ʿAqīl (d. 513/1119) and the Ibn al-Qushayrī (d. 514/1120)

  Holtsman, L., 2016, The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology. Schmidtke, S. (ed.). Oxford, p. 660-678 19 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Primary Source 100%
  • Islam 83%
  • Sunni 65%
  • Traditionalist 61%
  • Rationalist 57%
• 2015

  Abstract principles in Arabic grammatical theory: The operator assigning the independent mood

  Kasher, A., 2015, The Foundations of Arabic Linguistics II: Kitab Sibawayhi: Interpretation and Transmission. Marogy, A. E. & Versteegh, K. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 120-137 18 p. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; vol. 83).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Grammatical Theory 100%
  • mood 64%
  • Mood 62%
  • Grammarian 52%
  • Operator 51%
• 2013

  Debating the Doctrine of jabr (Compulsion): Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya Reads Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

  Holtsman, L., 2013, Islamic Theology, Philosophy and Law: Debating Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya. Krawietz, B. & Tamer, G. (eds.). Berlin ; Boston: de Gruyter, p. 61-93 33 p. (Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des islamischen Orients; no. 27).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Elements of Acceptance and Rejection in Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's Systematic Reading of Ibn Hazm

  Holtzman, L., 2013, Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East. Brill Academic Publishers, p. 601-644 44 p. (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East; vol. 103).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Elements of Acceptance and Rejection in Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's Systematic Reading of Ibn Ḥazm

  Holtsman, L., 2013, Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba: The Life and Works of a Controversial Thinker. Adang, C., Fierro, M. & Schmidtke, S. (eds.). Leiden, p. 601-644 44 p. (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; vol. 103).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The Future Vision of the Islamic Movement

  Kedar, M., 2013, Muslim Minorities in Non-Muslim Majority Countries: The Islamic Movement in Israel as a Test Case. Rekhess, E. & Rudnitzky, A. (eds.). Tel Aviv, p. 115-123 9 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The Image of Merchant and Businessman in Modern Arabic Canonical and non-Canonical Literature: A General Approach

  Bawardi, B., 2013, Branches of the Goodly Tree: Studies in Honor of George Kanazi. Hussein, A. A. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, p. 230-240 11 p. (Arabisch-Islamische Welt in Tradition und Moderne; vol. 10).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• אלאזהר: המוסד, האוניברסיטה והאסלאם בעידן מובארק

  Translated title of the contribution: Elazhar – The Institution, the University, and Islam during Mubarak's Ruleקידר, מ., 2013, ייעודה של אוניברסיטה דתית. פרידלנדר, י., עירם, י. & אוחיון, ש. (eds.). רמת גן, p. 141-155 15 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• אלאזהר - המוסד, האוניברסיטה והאסלאם בעידן מובארק

  קדר, מ. ב. נ., 2013, ייעודה של אוניברסיטה דתית (קובץ בעריכת יעקב עירם, יהודה פרידלנדר ושמעון אוחיון). רמת גן, p. 141-155 15 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• تدريس اللغة العربية في المدارس العربية في إسرائيل

  بواردي, ب., 2013, كتاب دراسات. محمد, أ. (ed.). الناصرة, Vol. 6. p. 77-88 12 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2012

  THE ETHICS OF NAZĪH ABŪ ͑AFASH, A SELF-STYLED “CHRISTIAN ATHEIST”

  Bawardi, B., 2012, Studies on the Children of Abraham. Brill Academic Publishers, p. 257-268 12 p. (Studies on the Children of Abraham; vol. 2).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The term Maf'u¯l in Si¯bawayhi's Kita¯b

  Kasher, A., 2012, The Foundations of Arabic Linguistics: Sibawayhi and Early Arabic Grammatical Theory. Marogy, A. E. (ed.). Brill Academic Publishers, p. 3-26 24 p. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; vol. 65).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• فوزي عبد الله وشعر الهمّ الفلسطيني

  Translated title of the contribution: The Poet Fawzi Abd Allah: The Collective Anxietyبواردي, ب., 2012, موسوعة ابحاث ودراسات في الأدب الفلسطيني الحديث. كتاني, ي. (ed.). باقة الغربية Baqa al-Gharbiyye, Vol. 2. p. 389-410 22 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2011

  The Ethics of Nazīh Abū ‛Afash: A Self-styled 'Christian Atheist'

  Bawardi, B., 2011, Monotheism & Ethics: Historical and Contemporary Intersections among Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Langermann, Y. T. (ed.). Leiden, p. 257-268 12 p. (Studies on the Children of Abraham; vol. 2).

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The Motivations Behind the Egyptian Position on the Territorial Issue

  Kedar, M., 2011, The Camp David Accords: A Collection of Articles and Lectures. Fuksman-Sha'al, M. (ed.). Jerusalem, p. 69-75 7 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• החזון העתידי של התנועה האסלאמית

  קידר, מ., 2011, מיעוטים מוסלמיים במדינות רוב לא-מוסלמי: התנועה האסלאמית בישראל כמקרה מבחן. רכס, א. & רודניצקי, א. (eds.). תל אביב, p. 117-124 8 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• החזון העתידי של התנועה האסלאמית

  קדר, מ. ב. נ., 2011, מיעוטים מוסלמיים במדינות רוב לא-מוסלמי: התנועה האסלאמית בישראל כמקרה מבחן (קובץ). p. 117-123 7 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• محمد حمزة غنائم بين السوريالية والالتزام

  Translated title of the contribution: The Poet Muhammad Hamza Ghanayimبواردي, ب., 2011, موسوعة ابحاث ودراسات في الأدب الفلسطيني الحديث. كتاني, ي. (ed.). باقة الغربية Baqa al-Gharbiyye, Vol. 1. p. 337-358 22 p.

  Bar-Ilan University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review