The Laughable Stories Collected by Mar Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus / / E.A. Wallis Budge.
The first complete edition, containing 727 "laughable stories", by Bar-Hebraeus. It was the child of the compiler's old age, and says much for the broadmindedness and versatility of the learned Bar-Hebraeus.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2004] ©2004 |
Year of Publication: | 2004 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (0 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PROLOGUE BY BAR-HEBRÆUS -- LIST OF CHAPTERS -- SAYINGS OF THE GREEK PHILOSOPHERS -- SAYINGS OF THE PERSIAN SAGES -- SAYINGS OF THE INDIAN SAGES -- SAYINGS OF THE HEBREW SAGES -- SAYINGS OF THE CHRISTIAN RECLUSES -- SAYINGS OF THE MUHAMMADAN KINGS -- STORIES OF TEACHERS AND LEARNED MEN -- SAYINGS OF THE ARAB ASCETICS -- SAYINGS OF PHYSICIANS -- STORIES OF THE SPEECH OF IRRATIONAL BEASTS -- STORIES OF WEALTHY AND LIBERAL MEN -- STORIES OF MISERS -- STORIES OF MEN WHO FOLLOWED DESPISED HANDICRAFTS -- STORIES OF ACTORS AND COMEDIANS -- STORIES OF CLOWNS AND SIMPLETONS -- STORIES OF LUNATICS AND DEMONIACS -- STORIES OF THIEVES AND ROBBERS -- STORIES OF WONDERFUL EVENTS -- PHYSIOGNOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS DESCRIBED -- APOLOGUE BY BAR-HEBR/EUS -- MISCELLANEOUS MORAL EXHORTATIONS -- BAR-HEBRÆEUS ON THE DEATH OF JOHN BAR-MA' DANI -- INDEX -- SYRIAC TEXT |
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Summary: | The first complete edition, containing 727 "laughable stories", by Bar-Hebraeus. It was the child of the compiler's old age, and says much for the broadmindedness and versatility of the learned Bar-Hebraeus. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781463209537 9783111024141 9783110663037 |
DOI: | 10.31826/9781463209537 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | E.A. Wallis Budge. |