Gog and Magog in early Syriac and Islamic sources : Sallam's quest for Alexander's wall / / edited by Emeri van Donzel, Andrea Schmidt ; with a contribution by Claudia Ott.

Alexander's alleged Wall against Gog and Magog, often connected with the enclosure of the apocalyptic people, was a widespread theme among Syriac Christians in Mesopotamia. In the ninth century Sallam the Interpreter dictated an account of his search for the barrier to the Arab geographer Ibn K...

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Superior document:Brill's Inner Asian library, v. 22
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Year of Publication:2009
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Brill's Inner Asian library ; v. 22.
Physical Description:xviii, 279 p.
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt
  • Chapter 1. Gog And Magog In Pre-Islamic, Jewish And Christian Sources / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt
  • Chapter 2. Alexander And Gog And Magog In Eastern Christian Sources / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt
  • Chapter 3. Gog And Magog And Alexander ‘The Two-Horned’ In The Koran / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt
  • Chapter 4. Gog And Magog In Islamic Tradition / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt
  • Chapter 5. Gog And Magog In Mediaeval Arabic, Persian And Turkish Pros / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt
  • Chapter 6. Gog And Magog And The Barrier In Arab Poetry, Adab Literature, Popular Epics And Anecdotes / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt
  • Chapter 7. Sallam’S Travel Account To The Barrier Of Gog And Magog / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt
  • 1. Sallam Al-Tardjuman—Interpreter And Traveller / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt
  • Chapter 8. Gog And Magog And The Barrier: The Origin Of Sallam’S Description / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt
  • Chapter 9. The Political Landscape In Samarra, The Caucasus And Central Asia In The 8th And First Half Of The 9th Century / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt
  • Chapter 10. Sallam’S Outward Journey:Samarra-Yumenguan / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt
  • Chapter 11. Destination Reached / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt
  • Chapter 12. Sallam’S Homeward Journey: Yumenguan-Samarra (Ca. December 843/January 844-December 844/January 845) / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt
  • Conclusion / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt
  • Bibliography / E.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt.