Penn Professors on Writing in Ancient History
Professor Joseph Lowry
About the Professor
Professor Joseph Lowry is an Associate Professor in religious studies and faculty member in the graduate group in ancient philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. His personal academic interests range from Islamic Law and Arabic Literature to the Qu'ran and the Persian Language, on which he has written extensively.
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Personal Writing Process
As a writer, Professor Lowry takes particular interest in translation projects, often translating Arabic and Persian text of the past and then analyzing them to shed light on the conventions of the time. Unsurprisingly, then, Professor Lowry places special emphasis on close-reading any texts being examined. A keen eye for the texts being assessed, he observes, is a key step towards more effective ancient history writing.
What he writes
Professor Lowry has authored many works on the legal and cultural history of the Islamic Middle East, including Early Islamic Legal Theory: The Risala of Muhammad Ibn Idris al-Shafi'i. He has also edited several volumes including Essays in Arabic Literary Biography II: 1350-1850.
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