The book of Proverbs and Arabic proverbial works /
This is the first detailed study that critically compares and contrasts the wisdom sentences of the Book of Proverbs with classical and post-classical Arabic proverbs; reference is also made to current Arabic proverbs. The wisdom tradition of Solomon is examined and is compared to that of the Arab s...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
1999.
Series:
Supplements to Vetus Testamentum,
v. 74
Vetus Testamentum, Supplements
74.
Vetus Testamentum Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004264991.
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Call Number: BS410 BS1465.2 .V452 vol. 74
| Summary: | This is the first detailed study that critically compares and contrasts the wisdom sentences of the Book of Proverbs with classical and post-classical Arabic proverbs; reference is also made to current Arabic proverbs. The wisdom tradition of Solomon is examined and is compared to that of the Arab sage Luqmân. The book deals with three main themes that are of special significance both in the Book of Proverbs and in Arabic proverbial works: royalty, speech and silence, wealth and poverty. The book concludes with a study of some form-critical and traditio-historical aspects of the treated proverbs. Hundreds of classical Arabic proverbs and wisdom sayings of Prophet Muḥammad appear for the first time in English. |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Nottingham, 1997), originally presented under title: A critical and comparative study of the book of Proverbs and Arabic proverbial wisdom, with special reference to social background and transmission-history. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-303) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004275997 |
| ISSN: | 0083-5889 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |