| Persian Wisdom in Arabic Garb (2 Vols.): ʿalī B. ʿubayda Al-Rayḥānī (D. 219/834) and His Jawāhir Al-Kilam Wa-Far&# Contributor(s): ʿalī B ʿubayda Al-Rayḥ& (Author), Zakeri, Moshen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004151680 ISBN-13: 9789004151680 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $487.35 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2006 Annotation: This source publication of ?Al? b. ?Ubayda al-Ray n? 's remaining works provides fascinating new material for the study of Arabic literature on proverbs, translations of classical Greek and Persian into Arabic, and clarification of numerous obscure titles in the Arabic bibliographical literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Philosophy | Religious - Religion | Islam - General |
| Dewey: 398.992 |
| LCCN: 2006044034 |
| Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies |
| Physical Information: 3.81" H x 7.1" W x 9.58" (6.14 lbs) 1529 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume introduces ʿAlī b. ʿUbayda al-Rayḥānī (d. 219/834), one of the central figures in the transmission of classical Greek and Persian wisdom into Arabic. It offers an edition, translation, and evaluation of his book Jawāhir al-kilam , one of the oldest collections of proverbial wisdom and moralia in Arabic, as well as other remaining pieces of his works. The first part of the book surveys the content of his more than sixty books and suggests that among his translations from Middle Persian into Arabic were the Sindbād-nāma and Bilawhar wa-Budhāsf. Moreover, he emerges as the author of the famous al-Adab al-ṣaghīr heretofore wrongly attributed to Ibn al-Muqaffa'. The second part contains the Arabic texts and translations as well as a rich documentation of their sources and their further transmission. |