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![Identifying Prohibited Books in Early Modern Malta](../../../assets/img/500x280/dg-book-1_AIM-Proc-Crim-55-A-fol-50r-500x280.jpg)
November 24, 2022
Identifying Prohibited Books in Early Modern Malta
“Pope Paul IV (1476–1559) issued the Index Auctorum et Librorum Prohibitorum in 1559 to publicly identify books the...”
- Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
![Ḫeruy Walda Śellāsē’s “History of Ethiopia”](../../../assets/img/500x280/HWS-IMAGE-2-500x280.jpg)
October 27, 2022
Ḫeruy Walda Śellāsē’s “History of Ethiopia”
“Printing reached Ethiopia rather late. In Europe, texts were occasionally printed in Ethiopic characters from...”
- Ted Erho
![Censorship Without Censorship](../../../assets/img/500x280/jm_Zamakhshar-500x280.jpg)
October 13, 2022
Censorship Without Censorship
“Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar al-Zamakhsharī did not have an easy childhood. He was born in 1075 CE into a...”
- Dr. Josh Mugler
![Sandwiching a Forbidden Text](../../../assets/img/500x280/mh-book-Figure-9-500x280.jpg)
September 15, 2022
Sandwiching a Forbidden Text
“The advent of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century led to...”
- Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman
![ʻUmar al-Turūdī’s List of Unreliable Books](../../../assets/img/500x280/PN-books_1-500x280.jpg)
September 1, 2022
ʻUmar al-Turūdī’s List of Unreliable Books
“ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr al-Turūdī, was a scholar from Kebbi, present-day northern...”
- Dr. Paul Naylor
![Books that Survived the Ban — Syriac Manuscripts in India](../../../assets/img/500x280/JW-Books_3-500x280.jpg)
August 18, 2022
Books that Survived the Ban — Syriac Manuscripts in India
“Christianity has a long, rich history in India. Some even trace the origins of Christian communities in India to...”
- Dr. James Walters