Humor in early Islam

Humor in early Islam

Humor in Early Islam , first published in 1956, is a pioneering study by the versatile and prolific scholar Franz Rosenthal (1914-2003), who (having published an article on mediaeval Arabic blurbs), should have written this text himself. It contains an annotated translation of an Arabic text on a fi...

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Main Author: Rosenthal, Franz, 1914-2003.

Other Authors: Gelder, G. J. H. van.

Format: eBook

Language: English
Arabic

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Brill Classics in Islam 6.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004223066.

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Ash, > d. 771?.
Arabic literature > Translations into English.
Arabic wit and humor.

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Call Number: PN6154.3 .R6 2011

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505 0 0 |t Preliminary Material /  |r F. Rosenthal --   |t Introduction /  |r Geert Jan Van Gelder --   |t I. Materials For The Study Of Muslim Humor /  |r F. Rosenthal --   |t II. The Historical Personality Of Ashab /  |r F. Rosenthal --   |t III. The Ashab Legend /  |r F. Rosenthal --   |t IV. Conclusion /  |r F. Rosenthal --   |t V. Translation Of Texts /  |r F. Rosenthal --   |t Appendix: On Laughter /  |r F. Rosenthal --   |t Bibliography /  |r F. Rosenthal --   |t Index Of Selected Rare Or Explained Arabic Words /  |r F. Rosenthal --   |t Index Of Proper Names /  |r F. Rosenthal. 
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