Close Relationships: Incest And Inbreeding In Classical Arabic Literature - Couverture rigide

Gelder, Jan Van

 
9781850438557: Close Relationships: Incest And Inbreeding In Classical Arabic Literature

Synopsis

This is a groundbreaking and comprehensive study of the diverse facts and opinions concerning incest and close-kin marriage found in literary and non-literary pre-modern Arabic texts. Incest is a motif found in lampoons, anecdotes, stories, legends, dream interpretation, and polemics with other religions, in particular the Zoroastrians, who in pre-Islamic times allegedly recommended next-of-kin marriage. Many of the relevant passages are presented as English translations in this richly documented book that will be of interest to philologists and students of Arabic literature or Islamic culture.

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À propos de l?auteur

Geert Jan van Gelder is Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford.

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