Format:
Online Ressource (vi, 586 pages)
ISBN:
9780748683338
,
074868333X
Series Statement:
Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature
Content:
Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian, and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived, counselled and wrote in Iraq during the first century of the 'Abbasid caliphate. 'In Praise of Books' explores the centrality of books to Al-Jahiz's work and to the society he lived in
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 534-570) and index. - Print version record
Additional Edition:
9780748683352
Additional Edition:
0748683356
Additional Edition:
9780748683321
Additional Edition:
0748683321
Additional Edition:
0748683321
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Montgomery, James E. (James Edward), 1962- Al-Jāḥiẓ Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2013]
Language:
English
Keywords:
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