ʼUṣṣit il-gumguma, or, 'The story of the skull' : : with parallel versions, translation and linguistic analysis of three 19th-century Judaeo-Arabic manuscripts from Egypt. supplemented with Arabic transliteration / / by Olav G. Orum.

In ᵓUṣṣit il-Gumguma Olav G. Ørum translates and analyzes three parallel 19th-century Judaeo-Arabic manuscripts from Egypt. These manuscripts present a story (whose earliest version is attributed to Kaᶜb al-ᵓAḥbār) about Jesus reviving the skull of a deceased king. The skull narrates his encounter w...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2017]
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Judeo-Arabic
Series:Études sur le judaïsme médiéval 70.
Physical Description:1 online resource (223 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter / Olav G. Ørum
  • Introduction / Olav G. Ørum
  • The Jews of 19th-Century Cairo and Their Storytelling Tradition / Olav G. Ørum
  • Three Parallel Judaeo-Arabic Versions and an English Translation of ʾUṣṣit il-Gumguma 'The Story of the Skull' / Olav G. Ørum
  • Linguistic Analysis / Olav G. Ørum
  • Summary and Concluding Remarks / Olav G. Ørum
  • Arabic Transliteration of the Parallel Versions / Olav G. Ørum
  • Facsimile of 'Ramle-Rabbi Yosef Algamil 25' (GAM) / Olav G. Ørum
  • References / Olav G. Ørum
  • Index / Olav G. Ørum.