HSSC N2152
1226 Park St
Grinnell
IA
50112
United States
ABOUT
Elias G. Saba is a Senior Lecturer in the Departments of Religious Studies and History at Grinnell College, where he teaches on premodern and modern Islam and Islamic cultures. He holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, where he wrote his dissertation, "What's the Difference? Distinctions, Furuq and Development in Post-Formative Islamic Law" (2017). His first monograph, "Harmonizing Similarities: A History of Distinctions Literature in Islamic Law" was published by DeGruyter in 2019.
Discipline
Law
Sub Areas
Arabic
Islamic Law
Islamic Thought
7th-13th Centuries
13th-18th Centuries
Mamluk Studies
Translation
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Islamic World
Specialties
Genres Of Legal Literature
Histories Of The Book
Philosophy Of Language
Languages
Arabic (advanced)
Spanish (native)
French (intermediate)
Persian (intermediate)
German (elementary)
Education
PhD
| 2017
| Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
| University of Pennsylvania
MA
| 2013
| Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
| University of Pennsylvania
BA
| 2008
| Near Eastern Studies
| Cornell University
