Remke Kruk
Professor emeritus of Arabic Language and Culture
- Name
- Prof.dr. R. Kruk
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2171
- r.kruk@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Professor Remke Kruk retired from Leiden University in 2007, but remains active as professor emeritus. She doesn't have a desk at the university anymore. Please send an email if you want to contact her. The above mentioned telephone number is the number of the secretariat.
Research
Perhaps my fascination with the field can best be demonstrated by the fact that when I showed a tenth-century Arabic manuscript to a second-year student of Arabic, she could read it without difficulty. This demonstrates the unbroken continuity of the literary tradition, which, along with its vast intellectual range, never ceases to amaze me, and which is a vital factor in understanding contemporary developments. Another thing that fascinates me is the way in which Arabic culture has kept alive and assimilated material from older traditions, incorporating them and sometimes passing them on well into the present. A very different aspect that interests me is the enormously vital, semi-oral popular tradition that existed from medieval times onwards next to the formal literary culture of the elite, and also the way in which this popular tradition nowadays switches without difficulty to new media.
Teaching
Prof. Kruk teaches courses on classical Arabic literature, Islamic philosophy and science, classical Arabic literary texts, and modern Arabic religious texts.
Key publications
- (2001) "Ibn abi-l-Ash`ath's Kitâb al-hayawân: a scientific approach to anthropology, dietetics and zoological systematics", Zeitschrift für die Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Wissenschaften, 14: 119-68.
- (1999) with Claudia Ott, "`In the Popular Manner'; Sîra-recitation in Marrakesh anno 1997", Edebiyat, X, 183-198.
- (1996) The Ancient Tradition in Christian and Islamic Hellenism. Studies on the Transmission of Greek Philosophy and Sciences dedicated to H.J. Drossaart Lulofs on his Ninetieth Birthday, Endress, Gerhard, and Kruk, Remke (eds.), Leiden, 318 pp., index.
- (1995) "History and Apocalypse: Ibn an-Nafîs' justification of Mamluk rule", Der Islam72, 2, pp. 324-37.
- (1994) "Warrior women in Arabic popular romance: Qannâsa bint Muzâhim and other valiant ladies". Deel I: Journal of Arabic Literature XXIV, 1993, 3, pp. 213-30. Deel II: id. XXV, 1. 16-33.
Professor emeritus of Arabic Language and Culture
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Institute for Area Studies
- SMES APT
- Kruk R. (2011), De mens in al zijn ijdelheid is minder dan een beest, Madoc. Tijdschrift over de Middeleeuwen 25(1): 76-84.
- Kruk R. (2011), Man and his Fellow Creatures: Views of the Pure Brethren of Basra, Proceedings of the International Memorial Conference in Honour of Nasr Abu Zayd: How Can a Humanistic Approach to Islam Be Realized? April 14th and 15th, 2011, University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands. . Journal of the Dutch-Flemish Levinas Society 53-61.
- Houppermans J.M.M., Kruk R. & Jacobs J.G.A.M. (Eds.) (2011), Déjà Vu, herhaling in culturen wereldwijd. Leiden: Leiden University Press.
- Kruk R. (2011), Review of: (2007), Samar Attar, The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment; Ibn Tufayl’s Influence on Modern Western Thought. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. Middle Eastern Literatures 14/1: 91-95.
- Kruk R. (2011), De bruiloften van Maryam Dollekop: Het gebruik van herhaling in de Arabische volksepiek. In: Houppermans J.M.M., Jacobs J.G.A.M. & Kruk R. (Eds.), Déjà Vu; Herhaling in culturen wereldwijd. Leiden: Leiden University Press. 129-146.
- Kruk R. (2011), Review of: (2010), Dimitri Gutas, Theophrastus On First Principles (known as his Metaphysics). Greek Text and Medieval Arabic Translation, Edited and Translated with Introduction, Commentaries and Glossaries, as Well as the Medieval Latin Translation, and with an Excursus on Graeco- Arabic Editorial Technique. Leiden/Boston: Brill. Scripta Classica Israelica, Yearbook of the Israel Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies XXX: 151-152.
- Kruk R. (2010), Review of: (2006), Thomas Herzog. Geschichte und Imaginaire; Entstehung, Überlieferung und Bedeutung der Sîrat Baibars in ihrem sozio-politischen Kontext. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. Zeitschrift der deutschen morganländischen Gesellschaft 160/1: 216-219.
- Kruk R. (2010), Review of: (2008), Kanazi, George J. (ed. and intr.) `Abd al Mu`in ibn Ah&mad, widely known as Ibn al-Bakkâ’ al-Balkhî: The Ghawânî al-Ashwâq fî Ma`ânî al-`Ushshâq. A treatise on the concept of love in classical and medieval Arabic heritage. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. Bibliotheca Orientalis LXVII/1-2: 214-217.
- Kruk R. (2010), Review of: (2008), Epistles of the Brethren of Purity. The Ikhwān al-Ṣāfā’ and their Rasāil; an Introduction. Edited by Nader El-Bizri; foreword by Farhad Daftary: Oxford University Press and The Institute for Ismaili Studies. Bibliotheca Orientalis LXVII/3-4: 430-434.
- Kruk R. (2010), De Zuivere Broeders van Basra, De zaak van de dieren tegen de mensen. Uit het Arabisch vertaald en van een nawoord voorzien door Remke Kruk. Amsterdam: Bulaaq.
- Kruk R. (2010), A Barmecide Feast; the Fall of the Barmakids in popular imagination. In: Suleiman Y. (Ed.), Living Islamic History: Studies in Honour of Professor Carole Hillenbrand. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 92-106.
- Kruk R. (2010), Review of: (2008), G. Rex Smith (ed. and tr.) A Traveller in thirteenth-century Arabia; Ibn al-Mujāwir’s Tārīkh al-mustabṣir. Translated from Oscar Löfgren’s Arabic text and edited with revisions and annotations by G. Rex Smith. London: Published by Ashgate for The Hakluyt Society 130/2: 316-317.
- Kruk R. (2009), Review of: (2006), Zakeri, M. (ed. and trans.) Persian Wisdom in Arabic Garb; Alî b Ubayda al-Rayh&ânî (D. 219/834) and his Jawâhir al-kilam wa-farâ`id al-h&ikam. (2 vols.). Leiden: Brill. Bibliotheca Orientalis LXVI/5-6: 682-684.
- Kruk R. (2009), 'Wel erg veel blote dij'; Krijgsprinsessen in de Arabische volksepiek. In: Berkel M. van (Ed.), Zenobia, Khadîja en Dolle Mina’s; Gender en macht in de islamitische geschiedenis. Amsterdam: Aksant. 61-78.
- Kruk R. (2008), Review of: (2007), Peter E. Pormann and Emilie Savage-Smith. Medieval Islamic medicine. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Bibliotheca Orientalis LXV/1-2: 262-264.
- Kruk R. (2008), Review of: (2006), Abdessalam Cheddadi. Ibn Khaldûn; l’homme et le théoreticien de la civilisation. Paris: Gallimard. Bibliotheca Orientalis LXV/3-4: 505.
- Kruk R. (2008), Zarâfa; Encounters of the Giraffe, from Paris to the medieval Islamic world. Gruendler B. (Ed.), Classical Arabic Humanities in their own Terms: Festschrift for Wolfhart Heinrichs on his 65th birthday presented by his students and colleagues. . Leiden/New York: E.J. Brill. 568-592.
- Kruk R. (2008), `Abd al-Lat&îf al-Baghdâdî's Kitâb al-h&ayawân; a chimaera?. In: Akasoy A. & Raven W. (Eds.), Islamic Thought in the Middle Ages: Studies in Transmission and Translation, in Honour of Hans Daiber. Leiden/Boston: E.J. Brill. 345-362.
- Kruk R. (2008), Ibn Khaldûn en de occulte wetenschappen. In: Künzel R. & Berkel M. van (Eds.), Ibn Khaldûn en zijn wereld. Amsterdam: Bulaaq. 135-156.
- Kruk R. & Witkam J.J. (2008), Ibn Hazm, De ring van de duif. Een Moorse verhandeling over minnaars en liefde. Ingeleid en uit het Arabisch vertaald door Remke Kruk en Jan Just Witkam. Met een essay van Camilla Adang. Amsterdam: Bulaaq.
- Kruk R. (2008), A Tale of two Antars: Doubles and reversed worlds in Arabic popular epic. In: D’hulster K. & Steenbergen J. van (Eds.), Continuity and Change in the Realms of Islam: Studies in Honour of Professor Urbain Vermeulen. Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies. 399-411.
- Kruk R. (2008), De zee als landschap; The Shipping News en andere Newfoundlandse excursies. In: Houppermans J.M.M. & Kruk R. (Eds.), De Zee, de Zee in literaturen wereldwijd. Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers. 155-176.
- Kruk R. (2008), Review of: (2005), Marzolph, U. Ex Oriente Fabula. Teil 1: Beiträge zur narrativen Kultur des islamischen Vorderen Orients. Teil 2: Exploring the Narrative Culture of the Islamic Near and Middle East. Dortmund: Verlag für Orientkunde. Bibliotheca Orientalis LXV/5-6: 770.
- Kruk R. & Houppermans J.M.M. (Eds.) (2008), De Zee, de Zee in literaturen wereldwijd. Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers.
- Kruk R. (2007), Elusive Giraffes: Ibn abi l-H&awâfir's Badâ’i` al-akwân and other animal books. In: Contadini A. (Ed.), Arab painting: Text and Image in Illustrated Arabic Manuscripts. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 49-64.
- Kruk R. (2007), Review of: (2007), Samar Attar, The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment; Ibn Tufayl’s Influence on Modern Western Thought. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. Middle Eastern Literatures 14/1.
- Kruk R. (2007), Gog and Magog in Modern Garb. In: Seyed-Gohrab A.A., Doufikar-Aerts F.C.W. & McGlinn S. (Eds.), Gog and Magog: The Clans of Chaos in World Literature. Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers. 53-67.
- Kruk R. (2006), Review of: (1996), Gotthard Strohmaier, Von Demokrit bis Dante; die Bewahrung antikes Erbes in der arabischen Kultur. Hildesheim. Bibliotheca Orientalis LXIII/3-4: 390-391.
- Kruk R. (2006), Review of: Dorpmueller S. (2005), Sabine Dorpmüller. Religiöse Magie im "Buch der probaten Mittel"; Analyse, kritische Edition und Übersetzung des Kitâb al-Mugarra¬bât von Muh&ammad ibn Yûsuf as-Sanûsî (gest. um 895/1490). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. Bibliotheca Orientalis LXIII/3-4: 388-390.
- Kruk R. (2006), Geloof en wetenschap in de islam: Averroes' "Het beslissende woord". Ingeleid, vertaald en geannoteerd door Remke Kruk. Kampen: Uitgeverij Klement.
- Kruk R. (2006), Sirat `Antar ibn Shaddad. In: Allen R.A. & Richards D.S. (Eds.), Arabic Literature in the Post-Classical Period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 292-306.
- Kruk R. (2006), Review of: (2003), Daftari, F. and Meri, J.W. (Eds.) Culture and memory in medieval Islam. Essays in honour of Wilferd Madelung. London/New York: I.B. Tauris. Bibliotheca Orientalis LXIII/3-4: 419-421.
- Kruk R. (2006), Review of: Tottoli R. (2003), Tottoli, R. The Stories of the Prophets by Ibn Mutarrif al-Tarafi. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag. Bibliotheca Orientalis LXIII/3-4: 391-393.
- Kruk R. (2005), Suckling Lamb and Free Range Chricken; Ibn abi 'l-Ash`ath on Domestic Animals and Dietetics. In: Marín M. & Puente C. de la (Eds.), El Banquete de las palabras: la alimentacíon de los textos árabes. Madrid: Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas. 89-104.
- Kruk R. & Houppermans J.M.M. (Eds.) (2005), Een vis in een fles raki: Literatuur en Drank in verschillende Culturen. Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers.
- Kruk R. (2005), Harry Potter in the Gulf; Contemporary Islam and the Occult, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 34(1): 47-73.
- Kruk R. (2005), Shaken, not Stirred? Drank en de vrouwelijke detective. Kruk R. & Houppermans S. (Eds.), Een vis in een fles raki: Literatuur en Drank in verschillende Culturen. . Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers. 131-150.
- Kruk R. (2005), Ibn Tufayl. Hayy ibn Yaqzan; Een filosofische allegorie uit Moors Spanje. Uit het Arabisch vertaald en ingeleid door Remke Kruk. Amsterdam: Bulaaq.
- Kruk R. (2004), The Arabian Nights and the Popular Epics. In: Marzolph U. & Leeuwen R. van (Eds.), The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC Clio. 34-38.
- Kruk R. (2004), Ibn Hazm's Tadpoles: A Zahirite reads the Book of Nature. Arnzen R. & Thielmann J. (Eds.), Words, Texts and Concepts cruising the Mediterranean Sea. . Leuven: Peeters. 401-409.
- Kruk R. (2003), Strijders voor het geloof? Bouillon in Mekka en Baybars in Rome. Houppermans S., Kruk R. & Maier H. (Eds.), Rapsoden & Rebellen. Literatuur en politiek in verschillende culturen. . Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers. 61-80.
- Houppermans J.M.M., Kruk R. & Maier H.M.J. (Eds.) (2003), Rapsoden en Rebellen: Literatuur en politiek in verschillende culturen. Amsterdam: Rozenberg Publishers.
- Kruk R. (2003), De treurige zanger. Seyed-Gohrab A.A., Haar J.G.J. ter & Kon R.E. (Eds.), "De band met u, mijn vriend, verbreek ik niet". Liber Amicorum voor Kamil Banak. . Leiden: Opl.TCIMO. 85-92.
- Kruk R. (2003), The Princess Maymunah: Maiden, Mother, Monster, Oriente Moderno, La letteratura persiana contemporanea tra novazione e tradizione, a cura di Natalia L. Tornesello xxii(2): 426-442.
- Kruk R. (2003), La zoologie aristotélicienne. Tradition arabe. In: Goulet R. (Ed.), Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques; Supplément. Parijs: CNRS Editions. 329-334.
- Kruk R. (2002), Vertaling van: Sirat al-amira Dhat al-Himma, "De geschiedenis van Qannasa, de dochter van Muzahim". In: Vrolijk A. (Ed.), De taal der engelen; 1250 jaar klassiek Arabisch proza. Amsterdam/Antwerpen: Contact. 536-553.
- Kruk R. (2002), Vertaling van: Al-Marwazi, "Reusachtige zeedieren". In: Vrolijk A. (Ed.), De taal der engelen; 1250 jaar klassiek Arabisch proza. Amsterdam/Antwerpen: Contact. 319-324.
- Kruk R. (2002), Vertaling van: Ikhwan as-safa', "de zaak van de dieren tegen de mensen. In: Vrolijk A. (Ed.), De taal der engelen; 1250 jaar klassiek Arabisch proza. Amsterdam/Antwerpen: Contact. 283-299.
- Kruk R. (2002), Ibn Sina On Animals: Between the First Teacher and the Physician. Janssens J. & Smet D. de (Eds.), Avicenna and his Heritage. . Leuven: Leuven University Press. 325-341.
- Kruk R. (2002), Sharaf ul-Insan: an Arabist's Questions. Schmidt Jan (Ed.), Essays in honour of Barbara Flemming, vol. 2 = Journal of Turkish Studies volume 26/1. 70ste verjaardag Prof. Barbara Flemming. Harvard University: Department Near Eastern Languages and Civilisations. 61-68.
- Kruk R. (2002), Introduction. In: Nuweihed Jamal Sleem (Ed.), Abu Jmeel's Daughter and Other Stories. New York/Northampton 12-19.
- Kruk R. (2002), Click of Needles: Polygamy as an Issue in Arabic Popular Epic. In: Marin M. & Deguilhem R. (Eds.), Writing the Feminine; Women in Arab Sources. Londen/New York: IB Taurus. 3-23.
- Kruk R. (2002), Vertaling van: Ibn Hazm, fragmenten uit De Ring van de Duif. In: Vrolijk A. (Ed.), De taal der engelen; 1250 jaar klassiek Arabisch proza. Amsterdam/Antwerpen: Contact. 381-397.
- Kruk R. (2001), Is schaken wel een spel voor heren? Over het schaakspel in de middeleeuws Arabische cultuur. Egmond W.S. van & Mostert M. (Eds.), Spelen in de Middeleeuwen. . Hilversum: Verloren. 105-123.
- Kruk R. (2001), Ibn abî l-Ash' ath's Kitâb al-Hayawân: a scientific approach to anthropology, dietetics and zoological systematics, Zeitschrift für Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Wissenschaften 14: 119-168.
- Kruk R. (2001), On Rukhs and Rooks, Camels and Castles, Oriens 36: 288-298.
- Kruk R. (2001), Sharaf az-zaman Tahir Marwazi (fl. ca. 1100,-) on Zoroaster, Mani, Mazdak, and other pseudo-prophets, Persica : Uitgave van het Genootschap Nederland-Iran (Annual of the Dutch-Iranian Society) XVII: 51-68.
- Kruk R. (2001), Timotheus of Gaza's On Animals in the Arabic Tradition, Museon (Le) 114(3-4): 389-421.
- Kruk R. (2000), Waham. Bearman P.J. (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, new edition, fasc. 179-80. . Leiden: E.J. Brill. 32-32.
- Kruk R. (2000) Greek Thought, Arabic Culture. Review of: Gutas D. (2000), Greek Thought, Arabic Culture: the Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early Abbâsid Society (2nd-4th/8th-10th centuries) no. 5/6. Londen: Routledge. Bibliotheca Orientalis LVII: 742-744.
- Kruk R. (2000) Qustâ ibn Lûqâ on Numbnes. Review of: Ambjörn Lena (2000), Qustâ ibn Lûqâ on Numbness; a Book on Numbness, its Kinds, Causes and Treatment according to the opinion of Galen and Hippocrates. Edition, translation and commentary no. 5/6. Lund/Stockholm: Lund University. Bibliotheca Orientalis LVII: 744-745.
- Kruk R. (2000), Een dame, een paard en een toren voor / A lead of queen, knight and rook. In: Reerink H. (Ed.), Dame aan zet; Queen's move (Catalogus tentoonstelling "Dame aan zet", Koniklijke Bibliotheek, 28-08-2000 tot 17-11-2000). Den Haag: Koninklijke Bibliotheek. 13-34.
- Kruk R. & Beek M.M. van (2000), Kiespijn en Kastelen. Voorstellingen van het hiernamaals in de islamitische traditie. Houppermans S., Kruk R. & Maier H. (Eds.), Van Gene Zijde; Verhalen over hemel en hel. . Delft: Elmar. 142-156.
- Houppermans J.M.M., Kruk R. & Maier H.M.J. (Eds.) (2000), Van gene Zijde; Verhalen over hemel en hel. Delft: Elmar.
- Kruk R. (1999) recensie. Review of: Burnett C. (1999), Constantine the African and 'Alî ibn al-'Abbas al-Maqûsî. The Pantegni and Related Texts no. 1/2. NN: NN. Bibliotheca Orientalis LVI: 231-232.
- Kruk R. (1999), De goede arts. Ideaalbeeld en werkelijkheid in de middeleeuws-arabische wereld, Archivo Español de Arte 71(2): 140-149.
- Kruk R. (1999), Tawallud. In: NN NN (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, new edition. Leiden: Brill. 378-379.
- Kruk R. (1999), On Animals: excerpts of Aristotle and Ibn Sînâ in Marwazî's T&abâ'i` al-h&ayawân. In: Steel C., Guldemond G. & Beullens P. (Eds.), Aristotle's Animals in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Leuven: NN. 96-126.
- Kruk R. (1999), In the Popular Manner; Sîra-recitation in Marrakesh anno 1997, Edebiyat: Journal of Middle Eastern and Comparative Literature X: 183-198.
- Kruk R. (1999) recensie. Review of: Heath P. (1999), The Thirsty Sword: SiSrat 'Antar and the Arabic Popular Epic no. 3. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. JAOS 119: 534-536.
- Kruk R. & Daiber H. (Eds.) (1999), Aristoteles Semitico-Latinus. Leiden: Brill.
- Kruk R. (1999), De stad van de snavelhakkers, Madoc. Tijdschrift over de Middeleeuwen 13(4): 279-286.
- Kruk R. (1998) Boekbespreking. Review of: Irwin R. (1998), The Arabian Nights: A Companion. no. 3/4. Bibliotheca Orientalis LV: 548-550.
- Kruk R. & Daiber H. (Eds.) (1998), R. Arntzen. Aristoteles' De Anima. Eine verlorene spätantike Paraphrase in arabischer & persischer Ueberlieferung. Leiden: Brill.
- Kruk R., Dumont P., Fawaz L., Haarmann U., Ilbert R. & Marin M. (Eds.) (1998), Individu et société dans le monde méditerranéen musulman; Questions et sources. Aix en Provence: NN.
- Kruk R. & Heijer J. den (Eds.) (1998), O. Kaper, Life on the Fringe. Leiden: CNWS.
- Kruk R. & Heijer J. den (Eds.) (1998), A. Vrolijk, Bringing a Laugh to a Scowling Face. Leiden: CNWS.
- Kruk R. (1998), Islamitische visies op de rechten van het dier. In: Bos R. van den (Ed.), Welzijn van dieren en dierenwelzijnsbeleid; essays over doelstellingen, instrumentern en evaluatie van het dierenwelzijnsbeleid in Nederland. Tilburg: NN. 83-97.
- Kruk R. (1998), The Bold en the Beautiful: women and fitna in the Sîrat Dhât al-Himma: the story of Nûrâ. In: Hambly G.R. (Ed.), Women in the Medieval Islamic World: Power, Patronage and Piety. New York: St.Martin's Press. 99-116.
- Kruk R. (1998), Takwîn. In: NN NN (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, new edition, vol.X. Leiden: Brill. 147-148.
- Kruk R. (1998), Het artsenberoep in het middeleeuwse Arabische discours, Gewina (Rotterdam) 21(3): 94-107.
- Idema W.L., Houppermans J.M.M. & Kruk R. (Eds.) (1998), Op avontuur! Aspecten van avonturenverhalen in Oost en West. Zutphen: Walburg Pers.
- Kruk R. & Daiber H. (Eds.) (1998), A.M.T. van Oopenraaij. Aristotle De Animalibus. Michael Scot's Arabic-Latin Translation. Part Two: Books XI-XIV: Parts of Animals. Leiden: Brill.
- Kruk R. (1998), Antar komt zichzelf tegen; en andere avonturen van Antar ibn Shaddâd. In: Houppermans J., Idema W. & Kruk R. (Eds.), Op avontuur!. Zutphen: Walburg Pers. 204-223.
- Kruk R. (1998), Aldebaran, alchimie en algebra: wereldbeeld en wetenschap in de Arabische wereld tussen 1150 en 1400. In: Boer D.E.H. de (Ed.), Kennis op kamelen; Europa en de buiten-Europese wereld (1150-1350). Amsterdam: Prometheus. 176-210.
- Kruk R. (1998), Popular Arabic Literature as a Mirror of Social Attitudes and Preoccupation. In: Deguilhem R. (Ed.), Individu et Société dans le monde méditerranéen musulman; Questions et sources. Aix en Provence: NN. 99-112.
- Kruk R. (1997), Back to the Boudoir: Versions of the Sirat Hamza, women warriors, and literary unity. In: Jongen L. & Onderdelinden S. (Eds.), Der muoz mir süezer worte jehen. Liber amicorum N. Voorwinden. Amsterdam/Atlanta: Rodopi. 129-148.
- Kruk R. (1997) Boekbespreking. Review of: Janssen C. (1997), Babil, The City of Witchcraft and Wine no. 1/2. Bibliotheca Orientalis LIV: 237-239.
- Kruk R. (1997) Boekbespreking. Review of: Lyons M.C. (1997), The Arabian Epic no. 5-6. Bibliotheca Orientalis LIII: 857-861.
- Kruk R. (1996), Ibn Bajja's commentary on Aristotle's De Animalibus. In: Endress G. & Kruk R. (Eds.), The Ancient Tradition in Christian and Islamic Hellenism. Leiden: CNWS. 165-180.
- Kruk R. (1996), Ibn Tufayl: a medieval scholar's views on nature. In: Conrad L.I. (Ed.), The World of Ibn Tufayl: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Hayy ibn Yaqzan. Leiden: Brill. 69-89.
- Kruk R. (1996) Boekbespreking. Review of: Gijselen R. (1996), Jardins d'Orient. Persica : Uitgave van het Genootschap Nederland-Iran (Annual of the Dutch-Iranian Society) XV: 189-191.
- Kruk R. (1996), Sidr. In: NN NN (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Islam, vol. IX. Leiden: Brill. 549-550.
- Kruk R. & Endress G. (Eds.) (1996), The Ancient Tradition in Christian and Islamic Hellenism. Studies on the Transmission of Greek Philosophy and Sciences dedicated to H.J. Drossaart Lulofs on his Ninetieth Birthday. Leiden: CNWS.
- Kruk R. (1995) Boekbespreking. Review of: Butterworth C.E. (1995), The Political Aspects of Islamic Philosophy. Essays in Honor of Muhsin S. Mahdi no. 1/2. Cambridge, MA. Bibliotheca Orientalis LII: 184-185.
- Kruk R. (1995) Boekbespreking. Review of: Goodman L.E. (1995), Avicenna no. 1/2. London and New York. Bibliotheca Orientalis LII: 183-184.
- Kruk R. (1995) Boekbespreking. Review of: Pérez S. (1995), Indices bibliográficos sobre historia de la ciencia árabo-islámica: metodología y manual de uso no. 1/2. Madrid: CSIS/AECI. Bibliotheca Orientalis LII: 187-188.
- Kruk R. (1995) Boekbespreking. Review of: Nomanul Haq Syed (1995), Names, Natures and Things. The Alchemist Jâbir ibn H&ayyân and his Kitâb al-Ah&jâr (Book of Stones).. Dordrecht/Boston/Londen: Kluwer. Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic Review 1, 2: 175-206.
- Kruk R. (1995), History and Apocalypse: Ibn-an-Nafis' justification of Mamluk rule, Der Islam: journal of the history and culture of the middle east 72(2): 324-337.
- Kruk R. (1995), Knopen en Ontknopen. Magie in de Arabische letterkunde. In: Schipper M. & Schrijvers P. (Eds.), Bezweren en Betoveren. Magie en literatuur wereldwijd. Baarn: Ambo. 187-188.
- Kruk R. (1995), Traditional Islamic Views of Apes and Monkeys. In: Corbey R. & Theunissen B. (Eds.), Ape, Man, Apeman: Changing Views since 1600. Evaluative Proceedings of the Symposium Ape, Man, Apeman. Leiden: NN. 29-42.
- Kruk R. (1995), Clipped Wings: Medieval Arabic adaptations of the Amazon myth, Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic Review I(2): 132-154.
- Kruk R. (1995) Boekbespreking. Review of: Vereno I. (1995), Studien zum ältesten alchemistischen Schrifttum auf der Grundlage zweier erstmals edierter arabischer Hermetica no. 1/2. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz. Bibliotheca Orientalis LII: 185-187.
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