Bernard G. Weiss (10 August 1933 – 8 February 2018) was a

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of languages and

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at the

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. He has an extensive publication record and is recognized as one of the foremost scholars in

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, Islamic political thought, Arab history and Muslim discussions of

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and the origin of language.

Life

Weiss received his PhD from

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in 1966.

Bibliography

* ''Studies in Islamic Law and Society'' * ''Religion and Law: Biblical-judaic and Islamic Perspectives'' * ''Studies in Islamic Legal Theory'' * ''A Survey of Arab History'', 1988 * ''The Spirit of Islamic Law'', Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1998. * (ed. with

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and Wolfhart Heinrichs) ''The Law Applied: Contextualizing the Islamic Shari`a'', London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2008. * ''The Search for God's Law: Islamic Jurisprudence in the Writings of Sayf al-Din al-Amidi'', 2010 * ''Language in Orthodox Muslim Thought: A Study of "Wad Al-lughah" and Its Development''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weiss, Bernard G. 1933 births 2018 deaths Linguists from the United States American scholars of Islam Princeton University alumni University of Utah faculty