Friedmann, Yohanan

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FRIEDMANN, Yohanan

FRIEDMANN, Yohanan. Israeli (born Czechoslovakia), b. 1936. Genres: History, Theology/Religion. Career: Associate Professor, then Professor, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1966- (Dean, Faculty of Humanities, 1985-88). Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, member, 1999-. Publications: Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi: An Outline of His Thought and a Study of His Image in the Eyes of Posterity, 1971; Prophecy Continuous: Aspects of Ahmadi Religious Thought and Its Medieval Background, 1989; (trans.) The History of Tabari: The Battle of al- Qadisiyya and the Conquest of Syria and Palestine, 1992; Tolerance and Coercion in Islam: Interfaith Relations in the Muslim Tradition, 2003. Address: Institute of Asian and African Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Online address: [email protected]