Holger Preissler

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Holger Preißler (born October 27, 1943 in Altmittweida ; † November 14, 2006 in Leipzig ) was a German scholar of Islam and religion . He taught at the Institute for Religious Studies at the University of Leipzig .

Live and act

After graduating from secondary school in Oranienburg in 1962, he began studying Arabic and Semitic at the Oriental Institute of Karl Marx University in Leipzig.

After graduating with a degree in Semiticism, he worked as a research assistant in Leipzig from 1967 to 1970 . From 1970 to 1974 he worked as an attaché and translator at the GDR embassy in Syria . After his return from Syria, he worked again as a research assistant and academic secretary at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig until 1982. In 1981 he was with the work depending on conditions in South Arabia in mittelsabäischer time (1st century BC - 4th century BCE..) Habilitation . In 1982 he became a lecturer in Semitic and Islamic Studies.

In 1985 he was appointed professor for the history of religion in Leipzig. From 1989 to 1990 he held a visiting professorship at Saarland University . From 1989 to 2002 he was dean of the Faculty of History, Art and Oriental Studies at Leipzig University and created the prerequisites for the re-establishment of the Religious Studies Institute in 1992 and the establishment of the subject at Leipzig University. From 1992 he taught the history of Near Eastern religions at the Institute for Religious Studies at the University of Leipzig.

Publications

Holger Preißler published over 100 articles in specialist journals, edited volumes and encyclopedias, wrote personal articles and teaching materials and was co-author and editor of several books.

  • The Arabs before Islam; First conquests; Power struggles in the Khalifate. In: History of the Arabs. From the beginning to the present. Volume I. Berlin 1971, pp. 14-64, pp. 86-136.
  • The peasant in medieval Arabic literature. In: Manfred Fleischhammer (ed.): Arabic language and literature in transition. Halle 1979, pp. 183-194.
  • Arabic studies in Leipzig (from the 18th century to the middle of the 20th century). In: Progressive Traditions of Oriental Studies at the University of Leipzig. Leipzig 1979, pp. 87-105.
  • (Transl.): The experiences of the Syrian knight Usama ibn Munqid. Entertaining and instructive things from the time of the Crusades. Kiepenheuer, Leipzig, Weimar 1981. New edition: Beck, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-406-30379-X .
  • The struggle of the Arab people of Palestine to realize their right to self-determination (1945–1964). In: History of the Arabs. From the beginning to the present. Volume V. Berlin 1981, pp. 203-214.
  • with Martin Robbe as editor and co-author: Islamic Studies in the German Democratic Republic. Tradition - Position - Findings. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1982.
  • Syria in the struggle to consolidate its independence. In: History of the Arabs. From the beginning to the present. Volume VI. Berlin 1983, pp. 6-45.
  • From "Pfaffen Forster" and the Arabs. In: Burchard Brentjes (ed.): Marx and Engels on social structure and ideological history of the Orient. Halle 1984, pp. 82-93.
  • with Lothar Rathmann : Tradition in motion. The Islamic renewal in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-05-000057-0 .
  • with Karl Melzer: Islamic attitudes towards the development of capitalism in Arab countries. In: Günter Barthel, Helmut Nimschowski (Hrsg.): The Arabs at the turn of the 21st century. Studies on evolution and revolution in North Africa and the Middle East. Berlin 1987, pp. 47-61.
  • Early medieval philosophy in the Islamic field. In: Ralf Moritz, Gerd-Rüdiger Hoffmann (Hrsg.): How and why did philosophy arise in different regions of the world. Berlin 1988, pp. 167-193.
  • The ancient heritage of the Middle East as reflected in the politics and culture of Arab countries. In: Günter Barthel, Gerhard Hoffmann (Eds.): Arab heritage and traditions - burden or challenge. Berlin 1989, pp. 28-36.
  • Friedrich Rückert and Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer - Relations between two orientalists. In: Friedrich Rückert. Poet and linguist in Erlangen. Erlangen 1990, pp. 23-34.
  • with Hubert Seiwert (Ed.): Gnosis research and history of religion. Festschrift for Kurt Rudolph on his 65th birthday. Diagonal, Marburg 1994, ISBN 3-927165-31-X .
  • Leipzig manuscripts of works by the Baghdad preacher Abu 'l-Farag Ibn al-Gauzi (510–597 / 1116–1201). In: Dieter Bellmann (Ed.): Commemorative publication Wolfgang Reuschel. Treatises for the customers of the Orient. Steiner, Stuttgart 1994, pp. 217-223.
  • The beginnings of the German Oriental Society. In: Journal of the German Oriental Society. Volume 145, Issue 2, 1995, pp. 241-327.
  • Contrast or parallel - worship in other cultures and religions today. Islamic examples from the Arab Middle East. In: Reinhold Morath, Wolfgang Ratzmann (ed.): Challenge of worship. Contributions to the liturgy and spirituality. Volume 1. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 1997, pp. 23–34.
  • “Sign of the hour” in Sunni Islam. In: Adam Jones (Ed.): End of the world. Contributions to cultural and religious studies. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1999, pp. 165-182.
  • Voices of Islam. Between tolerance and fundamentalism. Militzke, Leipzig 2002, ISBN 3-86189-250-2 .
  • Terror in Middle Eastern History - Selected Observations. In: Georg Meggle (ed.): Terror and the war against him. Public reflections. mentis, Berlin 2003, pp. 181-190.
  • Graves and burials in Baghdad. On the public funeral culture of an Islamic metropolis. In: Armenuhi Drost-Abgarjan , Jürgen Tubach in connection with Mohsen Zakeri (Ed.): Language, myths, mythicisms. Festschrift for Walter Beltz on his 65th birthday on April 25, 2000. Halle / Saale 2004, pp. 675–690.
  • Marriages are governed by legal manuals - Muslims and Christians in joint marriages. In: Gottfried Hänisch (Ed.): Your God and my God. Biographies between religions. Wartburg, Weimar 2005, pp. 195–207.
  • Ignaz Goldziher in Leipzig - A Hungarian Jew is studying oriental studies. In: Leipzig contributions to Jewish history and culture. 3. Saur, Leipzig 2005, pp. 293-315.
  • Oriental studies in Leipzig before Reiske. In: Hans-Georg Ebert, Thoralf Hanstein (ed.): Johann Jacob Reiske - life and effect. A Leipzig Byzantinist and founder of oriental studies in the 18th century. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2005, pp. 19–43.

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SURNAME Preissler, Holger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German scholar of Islam, religion historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Altmittweida
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 2006
Place of death Leipzig