Jewish Arabic Literature : : An Introduction /

Jewish Arabic Literature : : An Introduction / / Moritz Steinschneider.

Steinschneider’s first section is a dictionary of Jewish Arabic authors. This includes a careful study of Jewish names. The Second section is a study of the lives and literatures of Jews, and Christians, within Muslim society.

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Steinschneider, Moritz,
Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (389 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • PART ONE: The Names of the Jews
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Arabic Names of Persons
  • 3. Arabic Names of the Jews
  • 4. The Jews in Arabia
  • 5. Some Classes of Names
  • 6. Biblical Names
  • 7. Translations
  • 8. Muhammed, Ismaïl, Israïl
  • 9. Byname—Kunya
  • 10. Abu
  • 11. The Historical Kunya
  • 12. Non-Biblical Combinations
  • 13. List of Kunyas
  • 14. Family Names
  • 15. Ibn (Aben)
  • 16. Jahudi (Jehudi) Israïli
  • 17. Gentilicia and Patronymica
  • 18. Hebrew Abstracta
  • 19. Sundry Remarks
  • 20. Alphabetical List of Arabic Names
  • PART TWO
  • 21. Use of the Arabic Language amogst the Jews
  • 22. Customs, Institutions, and Designations
  • 23. Position of the Jews
  • 24. The Mohammedan Law as to the Treatment of Jews (and Christians)
  • 25. The Knowledge of the Arabic Literature among the Jews
  • 26. (Excursus: Arabic Literature of the Christians)
  • 27. Writings of Mohammedan Arabic Authors Written in Hebrew Hebrew Characters
  • 28. Mohammedans and Christians Taken for Jews and the Contrary
  • 29. The Arabic Works Known to the Jews
  • 30. Other Branches
  • 31. Poetry
  • 32. Collections of Books
  • 33. The Writing in Arabic Characters
  • 34. The Position of the Jewish-Arabic Scholars, and especially their Relationship to the Mohammedans
  • 35. Jewish Physicians
  • 36. Mathematicians
  • 37. Personal Intercourse between Jews and Arabs
  • 38. The Nature of the Arabic Language of the Jews, and Some Remarks of the Jews on the Arabic Language
  • 39. The Relation between Arabic and Jewish Literature
  • 40. Conclusion, Different Branches
  • 41. I. Poetry
  • 42. II. Hebrew Philology
  • 43. III. Exegesis
  • 44. IV. Philosophy and Dramas
  • 45. V. Halacha (Law)
  • Corrections and Additions Part I
  • Corrections and Additions Part II
  • Summary (with Original Volume and Pagination References)
  • Indexes

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