Quest for Understanding: Arabic and Islamic Studies in Memory of Malcolm H. Kerr

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This is an exploration of the Muslim past and the Arab present. It was written in memory of Malcolm Kerr, who was shot, allegedly by the Islamic Jihad, in Beirut in 1984. Kerr was a highly respected scholar of Middle East studies. Contents Note on Transliteration Preface Foreword Malcolm Kerr's Intellectual Achievement by Samir M. Seikaly Malcolm H. Kerr A Bbiliography Part One — Lebanon: Past and Present Lebanon in Ancient Texts Mount Lebanon under the Mamluks The Feudal System of Mount Lebanon as Depicted by Nasif al-Yaziji Sulayman al-Bustani (1856-1925) The Materialism of Shibli Shumayyil Ras-Beirut Adrift: An Endangered Liberal Community Part Two — The Politics of the Modern Middle East External Intervention in Lebanon: The Historical Dynamics Nasser and the June 1967 War: Plan or Improvisation? The American Strategy in the Camp David Negotiations Kerr’s Egyptian Scenarios: A Re-Appraisal Part Three — Islamic Legacy Varieties of Religious Experience in the Quran Sovereignty and Stratification in Islam An Astrological History Based on the Career of Genghis Khan Lunar Crescent Visibility Predictions in Medieval Islamic Ephemerides Early Lead-Glazed Wares in Egypt: An Imported Wrinkle Historical Evidence and the Archaeology of Early Islam William Henry Waddington: Orientalist and Diplomat (1826- 1894) Index