Oliver Leaman (born 1950) is a professor of philosophy and Zantker Professor of

Judaic studies Jewish studies (or Judaic studies; he, מדעי היהדות, madey ha-yahadut, sciences of Judaism) is an academic discipline centered on the study of Jews and Judaism. Jewish studies is interdisciplinary and combines aspects of history (espe ...

at the

University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentu ...

, where he has been teaching since 2000. He studies the history of

Islamic Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the mai ...

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

and Eastern philosophy. He received his PhD from

the University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

in 1979.

Books

* ''An introduction to medieval Islamic philosophy'', Cambridge University Press, 1985. * ''Death and loss: Compassionate Attitudes in the Classroom'', Cassell, 1995. * ''Evil and suffering in Jewish philosophy'', Cambridge University Press, 1995 * ''History of Islamic Philosophy'', ed. S. H. Nasr & O. Leaman, Routledge, 1996 * ''Friendship East and West – Philosophical Perspectives'', ed. O. Leaman, Curzon, 1996. * ''History of Jewish Philosophy'', ed. D. Frank & O. Leaman, Routledge, 1996. * ''Moses Maimonides'' Curzon, 1997, 2nd Edition ("The Assault on the kalam" reprinted in Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, vo. 76, ed. J. Krstovic, Gale Group * ''Averroes and his Philosophy'' Curzon, 1997, 2nd Edition * ''The Future of Philosophy: towards the 21st Century'', ed. O. Leaman (Routledge, 1998). * ''Key Concepts in Eastern Philosophy'', Routledge, 1999. * ''A Brief Introduction to Islamic Philosophy'', Polity Press, 1999. * ''Eastern Philosophy: Key Readings'', London, Routledge, 2000. * ''A Reader in Jewish Philosophy'', ed. D. Frank, O. Leaman & C. Manekin, Routledge, 2000 * ''Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy'', ed. O. Leaman, Routledge, 2001 * ''Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film'', ed. O. Leaman, Routledge, 2001 * ''Encyclopedia of Death and Dying'', ed. G. Howarth & O. Leaman, Routledge,2001 * ''Introduction to Classical Islamic Philosophy'', Cambridge University Press, 2001 * ''Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy'', ed. D. Frank & O. Leaman, Cambridge University Press Introduction'2003. * ''Lost in Translation: Essays in Islamic and Jewish Philosophy'', Sarajevo: buybook, 2004 * ''Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction'', Edinburgh University Press, Islamic Surveys Series, 2004. * ''The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia'', ed. O. Leaman, Routledge, 2006 * ''Islamic Philosophy A-Z'', with Peter Groff, Edinburgh University Press, 2007 * ''Controversies in Contemporary Islam'', Routledge, 2013 * ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy'', ed. O. Leaman, Bloomsbury, 2015 * ''The Qur'an: A Philosophical Guide'', Bloomsbury, 2016 * ''Islam and Morality: A Philosophical Introduction'', Bloomsbury, 2019 * ''Routledge Handbook of Islamic Ritual and Practice'', editor, Routledge, 2022

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