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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Main Author: Montgomery, James, 1771-1854. (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Series: Edinburgh Studies in classical arabic literature

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Jāḥiẓ, > -868 or 869 > Books and reading.

Books and reading > Islamic Empire.

Islamic Empire > Intellectual life.

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Call Number: PJ7745 .J3 Z7885