תקציר:

"This book developed from an international workshop titled 'Facing Modernity: Rethinking ʿUlamaʾ in the Middle East', conducted at the Hebrew University on 26-27 June 2006. The workshop was organized by the Nehemia Levtzion Center for Islamic Studies at the Hebrew University which, since its establishment in 2005, has gained growing recognition in both the Israeli and international academic communities."