The 8th Issue of Hamsa: Journal of Islamic and Arabic studies (2023) has
been published. It includes five research articles that cover a wide range
of topics related to the theme of the journal.

André Filipe Oliveira de Silva analyses the correspondence Teófilo Braga, a
19th Century Portuguese intellectual in his role as amateur Hebraist and
Arabist. Pedro Lima Vasconcellos’ contribution explores the evolution of
early Islam and the Quran through the texts of John of Damascus (8th
Century). Carsten L. Wilke studies the construction of Jewish history and
its interpretations at different moments of time, while Susanne Härtel
investigates Jewish population in several cities of the Ottoman Empire at
the beginnings of the 16th century and the effect that the arrival of
Sephardic refugees had on them. Finally, Susana Brauner and Rayen Torres
delve into the sense of identity among Argentine Jews of Syrian Origin in
Argentina from the second half of the 20th century onwards.

The issue includes a new section dedicated to book reviews, with
contributions by Colinda Lindermann and Marc Herman.

Link: https://journals.openedition.org/hamsa/





Call for Papers:

The editors of Hamsa: Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies are very pleased
to publicly announce that the journal is now accepting proposals for its 9th
volume.

For this volume, we particularly welcome proposals offering original
analysis on the broad subject of Judaic and Islamic studies. The deadline
for this call for papers is 28 February 2023. The papers should be send to
<mailto:hamsa@uevora.pt> hamsa@uevora.pt. For further information, please
see <https://journals.openedition.org/hamsa/>
https://journals.openedition.org/hamsa/.




Com os melhores cumprimentos e agradecendo antecipadamente,

Madalena Vaz Freire

Hamsa - Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies
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