A Decade of Research on Origen’s Homilies on the Psalms (Codex Monacensis Graecus 314) by José Alviar

“…In all this time, the new material has been the object of intense study on the part of scholars. The present article offers a description and classification of the research published to date, identifying the principal avenues of investigation opened by access to Origenistic texts hitherto unknown to modern scholars. …”
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Reflections on the Yoruba Past: Toyin Falola on Isaac Delano by Wale Oyedeji

“…Understanding that the proliferation of such desecrating rhetoric that Africans are a people without history by Eurocentric scholars like Trevor Roper and David Hume was a consummate attempt to undermine their existence, and then justify their expansionist agenda, makes African scholars of various disciplines to stand in defense of their history, hence decolonization process in pre- and post-independence era. …”
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RATIONALIZATION OF THE NUSANTARA TAFSIR AND THE MIDDLE EAST: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE INTERPRETATION OF AL-FĀTIHAH BY KH. ZAINI MUN’IM AND AHMAD MUST{AFĀ AL-MARĀGHĪ by Mas'ud Ubaidillah

“…Debates have arisen regarding the extent to which the rationality of the interpretations of Nusantara scholars can be compared with Middle Eastern scholars. …”
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On the Difficulty of Refuting or Confirming the Arguments about the Caste System by Dunkin Jalki, Sufiya Pathan

“… Any attempt to understand Indian society through the scholarship on caste confronts us with a large number of problems. Scholars of the last 150 years have routinely observed and even criticised writings on caste for these problems. …”
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Qiraat Shadhdhah in Deriving Legal Rulings of the Hanafi and Shafii Schools of Jurisprudence by Muhammad Mukmin Alhafiz Zahari, Sabri Mohamad

“…The study found that Qiraat Shadhdhah is an essential source in the legal reasoning of fiqh scholars when determining the ruling on a matter. This importance is evident when some narrations of Qiraat Shadhdhah are still used in fiqh scholars' discussions, even though those recitations have been abrogated.…”
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A Scientometric Review of Digital Currency and Electronic Payment Research: A Network Perspective by Qing Shi, Xiaoqi Sun

“…With these systematic analyses, we offer recommendations for scholars and practitioners in future research of DC/EP.…”
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More than data repositories: perceived information needs for the development of social sciences and humanities research infrastructures by Anna Sendra, Elina Late, Sanna Kumpulainen

“…Findings reveal that developing an infrastructure for conducting data-intensive research is a complicated task influenced by contrasting information needs between social sciences and humanities scholars and computer and data scientists, such as the demand for increased support of the former. …”
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RECTIFYING THE UNDERSTANDING AGAINST THE CONCEPT OF ‘ADALAH AL-SAHABAH by Muhammad Mutiullah

“…There is some agreement among Islamic scholars, especially among the hadith reviewers, that all the Prophet’s Companions were fair. …”
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CONTEMPORARY ENERGY SECURITY STUDIES: THEORETICAL ASPECTS by K. V. Trachuk

“…Stanislaw, A.Korin and G.Luft, as well as many Russian scholars, including N.Mironov, S.Zhiznin and Y.Borovsky.…”
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We Have Come a Long Way and We Have a Long Way to Go: A Cross-Survey Comparison of Data Quality in 16 Arab Countries in the Arab Barometer vs the World Values Survey by Saskia Glas, Veronica Kostenko

“… With the launch of the Arab Barometer (AB) project and the incorporation of Arab countries in the World Values Survey (WVS) in the 2000s, public opinion scholars have increasingly turned their attention to the Arab region. …”
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The story of Jesus and the blind man: a speech act reading of John 9 by Hisayasu Ito

“… From text: Since the enigmatic nature of John’s Gospel has attracted a great deal of attention from many scholars, numerous studies of this Gospel have been produced. …”
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POSITIONING AHL AL-BAYT WITHOUT TENDENCIES: AL-SHAWKANI'S CONTRIBUTION TO DETERMINING THE HADITH IN ISLAMIC SHARIA by Ahmad Azmi Ahsantu Dhonni, Muhid, Andris Nurita, Afif Maulana

“…This research shows that although al-Shawkani was influenced by Zaydism, objectively, he did not prioritize Ahl al-Bayt and was not passionate about one particular madhhab—a stance often opposed by Yemen's Zaydist scholars. In his works, al-Shawkani indirectly agrees with the opinion of Sunni scholars in determining the narrators of the Hadith as the primary source for deciding Islamic Sharia law. …”
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DETERMINING THE MUJTAHID MADHHAB: THE CONTRIBUTION OF ABDUL WAHHAB AL-MALIKI'S THOUGHTS ON ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE by Graiguer Abdelmounaim, A. Amir Firmansyah

“…This research discusses the mujtahid madhhab explicitly because, in each madhhab, many scholars have reached the degree of mujtahid madhhab. …”
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Editorial by I.D. Mothoagae

“…For this reason, African biblical scholars, particularly those applying their hermeneutical lenses as theoretical tools, and scholars within the social sciences have argued that the Christian corpus of literature that was translated and composed during “Christianisation”, “colonisation”, and “civilisation”, using the strategies of conversion and assimilation of the “wretched”, are by their very nature colonial products. …”
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LEADERSHIP AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: ESTABLISHING THE THEORETICAL NEXUS by Achor, Joy Achile

“…In spite of the divergence perspective of scholars in theorizing leadership, the emphasis is the virtues being it moral, religious, political, economic, cultural, or otherwise; the essence is to arrive at good leadership. …”
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Analytical and scientific support mechanism of the US foreign policy process by I. A. Istomin

“…Nevertheless this is hardly a research issue for Russian scholars. The article is an attempt to take a closer look on design and behavior of principal channels and institutions, employed by American scholars and experts for participation in shaping national foreign policy.…”
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The Concept Of Matan Critism And Its Application In The Book Al-Tamyīz By Muslim Bin Ḥajjāj by Dzulfaidhi Hakimie Dzulraidi

“…However, there is still a lack of research that systematically highlights the practices of hadith scholars in this field. Among the renowned hadith scholars in ‘ilal al-hadith is Muslim bin al-Hajjāj. …”
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Lärdom och läsande kring sekelskiftet 1800 by Peter Josephson

“… During the latter half of the 18th century, the doors of German universities were opened from within. Scholars abandoned Latin in favor of the vernacular and turned outward to a broader audience. …”
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Tariq Jaffer. Rāzī Master of Qurʾānic Interpretation and Theological Reasoning. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. 244 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-066351-3. by Muammer İskenderoğlu

“…Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d.606/1210) is one of the few Muslim thinkers whose significance, reputation and influence on later generations in different fields of learning are acknowledged by both classical and modern scholars of Islamic studies, and a number of studies appeared on his works on jurisprudence, theology, and philosophy. …”
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Herbesinning oor die betekenis en funksionering van die stadspoort gedurende die Yster II-tyd in ou Israel by A Coetzee

“…Classified as fortification, some scholars are of the opinion that the city gate and wall were built for this purpose only. …”
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