A critical annotated edition of Hürriyet (1868-1870), a newspaper published by the Young Ottomans in London and Geneva. The newspaper is one of the most crucial pieces of the 19th century Ottoman literature and includes extensive... more
A critical annotated edition of Hürriyet (1868-1870), a newspaper published by the Young Ottomans in London and Geneva. The newspaper is one of the most crucial pieces of the 19th century Ottoman literature and includes extensive criticism of Ottoman society and politics as well as an alternative political program of constitutional regime.
Review of Stefan Goldmann's study on 19th century German dream theory in relation to Sigmund Freud's "Die Traumdeutung": Stefan Goldmann, Via Regia zum Unbewußten. Freud und die Traumforschung im 19. Jahrhundert. Gießen:... more
Review of Stefan Goldmann's study on 19th century German dream theory in relation to Sigmund Freud's "Die Traumdeutung": Stefan Goldmann, Via Regia zum Unbewußten. Freud und die Traumforschung im 19. Jahrhundert. Gießen: Psychosozial-Verlag 2003 (Bibliothek der Psychoanalyse).
The European Enlightenment and the nineteenth century were formative periods for modern biblical criticism, and are rightly associated with the rise of sceptical perspectives on the supernatural dimension of the Bible. This article argues... more
The European Enlightenment and the nineteenth century were formative periods for modern biblical criticism, and are rightly associated with the rise of sceptical perspectives on the supernatural dimension of the Bible. This article argues for the persistence of pre-critical, theologically conditioned assumptions in the hermeneutical procedures of two influential writers on the subject of miracles in the Gospels: Thomas Woolston and David Friedrich Strauss. Their work helped to revive a theological tradition of non-realistic interpretation of biblical narrative which runs from Origen of Alexandria to Rudolf Bultmann and beyond.
