| Islamic Reflections, Arabic Musings: Studies in Honour of Alan Jones Contributor(s): Hoyland, Robert G. (Author), Kennedy, Philip F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 090609450X ISBN-13: 9780906094501 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2004 Annotation: These fifteen essays were written in honor of Alan Jones, distinguished Professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the Oriental Institute in Oxford, by his former students and colleagues. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - History - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 892.709 |
| LCCN: 2005362144 |
| Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.98" W x 9.8" (2.03 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 mediaeval 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 ). |