Georges Tamer

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Georges Nicolas Tamer holds the Chair of Oriental Philology and Islamic Studies at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg. Until September 2012, he was

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, and the Central European University.[3][4]

Education and scholarly activity

Infected by

autodidactic learning and private tutoring. After attending high school in Lebanon for one year, Tamer moved to Germany where he studied philosophy, sociology and theology in Frankfurt inter alios with Jürgen Habermas. He obtained his MA in philosophy from the Freie Universität Berlin in 1995 and was granted a Ph.D. in philosophy in 2000. He completed his habilitation
in Islamic Studies at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg in 2007.

Tamer is a highly productive researcher throughout Europe, the United States, and the Middle East, having taken part in a number of research bodies and

humor in Arabic culture, migration in Germany, and, most recently, on the influential Muslim thinker al-Ghazali
.

A member of the

Antiochian Orthodox Church, Tamer founded a parish in Berlin. He has participated in several ecumenical activities and interfaith dialogue
groups in Germany.

Selected publications

Books

  • Islamische Philosophie und die Krise der Moderne: Das Verhältnis von Leo Strauss zu Alfarabi, Avicenna und Averroes. Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill (Islamic philosophy, theology and science, Vol. 43), 2001.
  • Al-Hadātha wa-khitābuhā s-siyāsī (Modernity and its Political Discourse): An Anthology of Jürgen Habermas, translated into Arabic, with introduction and explanations, Beirut: Dar Annahar 2001.
  • Tārīkh al-Qur'ān: Theodor Nöldeke et al., Geschichte des Qur'ans. Translation into Arabic, with Introduction, Explanations and Register, Beirut: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung 2004. 2nd Edition annotated with a new Preface. Köln, Beirut: Al-Kamel 2007.
  • Die Trias des Maimonides. Jüdische, arabische und antike Wissenskultur / The Trias of Maimonides. Jewish, Arabic and Ancient Culture of Knowledge (Ed.), Berlin, New York: Walter De Gruyter 2005.
  • Zeit und Gott: Hellenistische Zeitvorstellungen in der altarabischen Dichtung und im Koran, Berlin, New York: Walter De Gruyter 2008.
  • Humor in der arabischen Kultur / Humor in Arabic Culture (Ed.), Berlin, New York: Walter De Gruyter 2009.
  • Kritische Religionsphilosophie. In Memoriam Friedrich Niewöhner, Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann & Georges Tamer (Eds.), Berlin, New York: Walter De Gruyter 2010.

Articles and book chapters

References

  1. ^ "Conference Participant Biography". MIT.
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  3. ^ "Islam through Jewish Eyes, Judaism through Muslim Eyes". Free University of Berlin.
  4. ^ "Archived edition of vol.48-49 (2000/2001) of al-Abhath: Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut". American University of Beirut.
  5. ^ "Members of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, 2005-2006". Princeton University. Archived from the original on 2010-08-21.

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