Prophets, gods and kings in Sirat Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan : : an intertextual reading of an Egyptian popular epic / / by Helen Blatherwick.

This book is a literary, intertextual study of an Egyptian popular epic. In this innovative study, Helen Blatherwick investigates how various sources, including Islamic qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʾ (‘tales of the prophets’), Pharaonic, Graeco-Roman and Coptic Egyptian myths and narratives, and recensions of the...

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Superior document:Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures, Volume 38
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; Volume 38.
Physical Description:1 online resource (345 pages)
Notes:Revised and expanded version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--SOAS, University of London, 2002.
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