Format:
1 online resource (408 pages)
ISBN:
9789047409083
Content:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART ONE -- CHAPTER ONE IBN WAHSHIYYA AND THE NABATEAN AGRICULTURE -- 1.1. The history of Ibn Wa˙shiyya studies -- 1.2. The textual history of the Nabatean Agriculture -- 1.3. Mesopotamian National Identity in Early Arabic Sources -- 1.4. Continuity of pagan religious traditions in tenth-century Iraq -- 1.5. The Oriental Tradition of Vindanius Anatolius of Berytus' Synagògè geòrgikòn epitèdeumatòn -- 1.6. Notes on the translation -- Text 1 (NA, pp. 209-214) -- PART TWO -- CHAPTER TWO IBN WAHSHIYYA AND THE TRANSLATION OF THE NABATEAN AGRICULTURE -- Text 2 (NA, pp. 5-10) -- Text 3 (NA, pp. 546-548) -- Text 4 (NA, p. 821) -- Text 5 (NA, pp. 1131-1132) -- Text 6 (NA, pp. 876-879) -- CHAPTER THREE THE WORLD AND THE GODS -- 3.1. The World -- 3.2. The clime of Bàbil and its superiority -- 3.3. Plants and the eternity of the world -- 3.4. The Soul -- 3.5. The Gods -- Text 7 (NA, pp. 10-12) -- Text 8 (NA, pp. 389-390) -- Text 9 (NA, pp. 727-731) -- Text 10 (NA, pp. 1031-1032) -- Text 11 (NA, pp. 336-338) -- Text 12 (NA, pp. 1012-1013) -- Text 13 (NA, pp. 1025-1027) -- CHAPTER FOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS -- 4.1. Prophets and sages -- 4.2. Prophecy and revelation -- 4.3. Prayers -- 4.4. Magic, talismans and special properties -- 4.5. Ascesis and ascetics -- 4.6. Burials, rituals and temples -- Text 14 (NA, p. 49) -- Text 15 (NA, pp. 108-111) -- Text 16 (NA, pp. 144-145) -- Text 17 (NA, pp. 329-330) -- Text 18 (NA, pp. 722-724) -- Text 19 (NA, pp. 850-854) -- Text 20 (NA, p. 147) -- Text 21 (NA, pp. 148-149) -- Text 22 (NA, pp. 155-157) -- Text 23 (NA, pp. 186-187) -- Text 24 (NA, pp. 296-299) -- Text 25 (NA, pp. 405-406) -- Text 26 (NA, pp. 538-541) -- Text 27 (NA, pp. 750-752) -- Text 28 (NA, pp. 252-262) -- Text 29 (NA, pp. 1046-1047) -- Text 30 (NA, p. 1127) -- Text 31 (NA, pp. 1061-1065) -- Text 32 (NA, pp. 1094-1097).
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ISBN 9789004150102
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Language:
English
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