History of the Arabic Written Tradition Supplement Volume 3 - ii (Handbook of Oriental Studies; Section 1 - the Near and Middle East, 117/S3-II) (English and Arabic Edition) - Hardcover

Carl Brockelmann

 
9789004383470: History of the Arabic Written Tradition Supplement Volume 3 - ii (Handbook of Oriental Studies; Section 1 - the Near and Middle East, 117/S3-II) (English and Arabic Edition)

Synopsis

The present English translation reproduces the original German of Carl Brockelmann's Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur (GAL) as accurately as possible. In the interest of user-friendliness the following emendations have been made in the translation: Personal names are written out in full, except b. for ibn; Brockelmann's transliteration of Arabic has been adapted to comply with modern standards for English-language publications; modern English equivalents are given for place names, e.g. Damascus, Cairo, Jerusalem, etc.; several erroneous dates have been corrected, and the page references to the two German editions have been retained in the margin, except in the Supplement volumes, where new references to the first two English volumes have been inserted.

Supplement volume SIII-ii offers the thee Indices (authors, titles, and Western editors/publishers).

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About the Author

Carl Brockelmann (1868-1956, PhD, Strasburg, 1890), a renowned German orientalist, was professor at the universities of Breslau, Berlin, Königsberg, Halle and Breslau again. His best-known publication is Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (GAL), a systematically organized bio-bibliographical reference on all Arabic literature.

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9789004323308: History of the Arabic Written Tradition Volume 1 (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the Near and Middle East / History of the Arabic Written Tradition, 117/1) (English and Arabic Edition)

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