{"product_id":"medicine-and-religion-in-the-ahmed-ragab-9780367028978","title":"Medicine and Religion in the Life of an Ottoman Sheikh: Al-Damanhuri's \"Clear Statement\" on Anatomy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1768, Aḥmad al-Damanhūrī became the rector (shaykh) of al-Azhar, which was one of the most authoritative and respected positions in the Ottoman Empire. He occupied this position until his death. Despite being a prolific author, whose writings are largely extant, al-Damanhūrī remains almost unknown, and much of his work awaits study and analysis. This book aims to shed light on al-Damanhūrī's diverse intellectual background, and that of and his contemporaries, building on and continuing the scholarship on the academic thought of the late Ottoman Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book specifically investigates the intersection of medical and religious knowledge in Eighteenth-Century Egypt. It takes as its focus a manuscript on anatomy by al-Damanhūrī (d. 1778), entitled \"\u003ci\u003eThe Clear Statement on the Science of Anatomy\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eal-qawl al-ṣarīḥ fī ʿilm al-tashrīḥ\u003c\/i\u003e),\". The book includes an edited translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Clear Statement\u003c\/i\u003e, which is a well-known but unstudied and unpublished manuscript. It also provides a summary translation and analysis of al-Damanhūrī's own intellectual autobiography. As such, the book provides an important window into a period that remains deeply understudied and a topic that continues to cause debates and controversies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis study, therefore, will be of keen interest to scholars working on the \"post-Classical\" Islamic world, as well as historians of religion, science, and medicine looking beyond Europe in the Early Modern period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ahmed Ragab\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367028972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367028978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Ahmed Ragab","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44449918189823,"sku":"9780367028978","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_22132d40-5fbf-4ff0-b7f6-7c7370d51679.jpg?v=1698501742","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/medicine-and-religion-in-the-ahmed-ragab-9780367028978","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}