Al-Jāḥiẓ : in praise of books /
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 so...
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Call Number: PJ7745 .J3 Z7885
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| 100 | 1 | |a Montgomery, James, |d 1771-1854. |e author | |
| 245 | 1 | 3 | |a Al-Jāḥiẓ : |b in praise of books / |c James E. Montgomery. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Edinburgh : |b Edinburgh University Press, |c 2013. | |
| 300 | |a vi, 586 pages ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 490 | 0 | |a Edinburgh Studies in classical arabic literature | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 534-570) and index. | ||
| 520 | 8 | |a 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. | |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Jāḥiẓ, |d -868 or 869 |v Books and reading. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Books and reading |z Islamic Empire. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Islamic Empire |x Intellectual life. | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
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