Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research. Vol. 25 No. 1 June 2019

CONTENTS 

TEXT AND ITS CULTURAL INTERPRETATION  — 3         R. Kerr. Laktanz: Ein Laktosefreier Punier? — 3            M. Rodionov, M. Suvorov. Tribal Spirit and Tribal Moral Code in South Arabian Colloquial Poetry — 9     TEXT AND MANUSCRIPTS: DESCRIPTION AND RESEARCH — 21          C. von Büttner. Concerning Passing of Law as an Inheritance: Notes on the Text of the Great Isaiah Scroll (Isa 42:4b) — 21     PRESENTING THE COLLECTION — 28          K. Vasiltsov, D. Fedkevich. “The Tea Bowl Is Passed Around in a Circle”: Central Asian Chāykhānas in the Photos of the 1930s (on the Materials of the MAE RAS Collections)  — 28     PRESENTING THE MANUSCRIPT — 45          S. Shomakhmadov. The Tangut Dhāraṇīs Collection in Siddhaṃ Script from the IOM, RAS. Part I — 45               PRESENTING THE ARCHIVES — 64            E. Teryukova, N. Alferova. The Archives of E. M. Shilling from the Collection of the State Museum of the History of Religion as a Source for the Study of Religiosity in the Caucasus Region in 1930s — 64

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AUTHORS 

Dr. Natalia V. Alferova — PhD (Culturology), Associated Professor at Department of Asian and African studies, National Research University “Higher School of Economics” (St. Petersburg, Russia), specialist in the History of Culture. Author of the series of articles.

Dr. Cyrill von Büttner — associate professor, Department of Biblical Studies, St. Petersburg State University, Russia.

Mr. Daniel K. Fedkevich — Trainee Researcher of the Center for Asian and African Studies, Department of History, National Research University “Higher School of Economics” (St. Petersburg, Russia). Specialist in modern history of Arabic World and Central Asia.

Dr. Robert M. Kerr — research director of the Inârah Institute for the study of nascent Islam and the Qur’ān, at the University of the Saarland. He specializes in Semitic philology and epigraphy, on which he has published extensively.

Prof. Mikhail A. Rodionov — Chief researcher in the Department of South and Southwest Asia, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences. Specialist in the Middle East cultural and social anthropology and field ethnography. Author of many articles and books in Russian, English and Arabic.

Dr. Safarali H. Shomakhmadov — the senior researcher of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia). Specialist in Central Asian Buddhist manuscripts.

Dr. Mikhail N. Suvorov — Professor of Arabic language and literature, St. Petersburg State University. Specialist in Yemeni folk poetry and Yemeni modern literature.

Dr. Ekaterina A. Teryukova — PhD (Philosophy), Deputy-Director for Research Affairs of the State Museum of the History of Religion, Associated Professor at Philosophy of Religion and Study of Religion of the St. Petersburg State University, specialist in the History and Sociology of Religion. Author of the series of articles in the field.

Dr. Konstantin S. Vasiltsov — Research fellow of the Department of Ethnography of Central Asia, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences. Research interests include history of Islamic intellectual tradition in Iran and Central Asia; everyday life culture, religious beliefs and ritual practices of the peoples of Badakhshan; Islamic hagiographical tradition in Central Asia; folk religion and the religious folklore of the peoples of Central Asia.

Notes to Contributors 

Manuscripts must be written in English.

Manuscripts must be clearly typewritten with numbered pages. The title should be as brief and informative as possible. The institute at which the work has been done should be indicated at the head of each paper. Authors are requested to include their e-mail address if one is available.

Submissions

Manuscripts should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Efim A. Rezvan, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Universitetskaya nab., 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia, e-mail: efim.rezvan@mail.ru.