The History of al-Tabari Vol. 1: General Introduction and From the Creation to the Flood - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0887065635 ISBN 13 : 9780887065637

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1989

Synopsis

Volume I of the thirty-eight volume translation of Tabari's great History begins with the creation of the world and ends with the time of Noah and the Flood. It not only brings a vast amount of speculation about the early history of mankind into sharp Muslim focus, but it also synchronizes ancient Iranian ideas about the prehistory of mankind with those inspired by the Qur'an and the Bible. The volume is thus an excellent guide to the cosmological views of many of Tabari's contemporaries. The translator, Franz Rosenthal, one of the world's foremost scholars of Arabic, has also written an extensive introduction to the volume that presents all the facts known about Tabari's personal and professional life. Professor Rosenthal's meticulous and original scholarship has yielded a valuable bibliography and chronology of Tabari's writings, both those preserved in manuscript and those alluded to by other authors. The introduction and first volume of the translation of the History form a ground-breaking contribution to Islamic historiography in English and will prove to be an invaluable source of information for those who are interested in Middle Eastern history but are unable to read the basic works in Arabic.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0887065635
• ISBN 13: 9780887065637
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 434
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible