Islamic Reflections, Arabic Musings: Studies in Honour of Professor Alan Jones - Couverture rigide

Hoyland, Robert G.; Kennedy, Philip F.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 090609450X ISBN 13 : 9780906094501

Editeur : Gibb Memorial Trust, 2004

Synopsis

Fifteen essays on literature, linguistics, history and epigraphy. Contents include: Maysir-gambling in early Arabic poetry (N Jamil); the Qu'ran as a source of law: the case of zakat (alms-tax) (Y Dutton); On the difficulty of knowing medieval Arab authors: the case of Abu I-Faraj and pseudo-Isfahani (H Kilpatrick); Mahfuz's urban battlegrounds (R Ostle); Inscriptions of companions of the prophet in the Merv Oasis (V Porter); Muslim jizya-payers in Christian Sicily (J Johns); The Mu'allaqat in the west: a brief bibliographical survey (H Bleaney); Theomnestus of Nicopolis, Hunayn ibn Ishaq, and the beginnings of Islamic veterinary science (R Hoyland); Historians and the Arabic biographical dictionary (P Auchterlonie).

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Philip F. Kennedy is Professor of Arabic Literature at New York University. He is author of The Wine Song in Classical Arabic Poetry: Abu Nuwas and the literary tradition (1997) and General Editor of the Library of Arabic Literature, a joint project of the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute and NYU Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gibb Memorial Trust
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 090609450X
• ISBN 13: 9780906094501
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible