The book of Proverbs and Arabic proverbial works / / by Riad Aziz Kassis.

This is the first detailed study that critically compares and contrasts the wisdom sentences of the Book of Proverbs with classical and post-classical Arabic proverbs; reference is also made to current Arabic proverbs. The wisdom tradition of Solomon is examined and is compared to that of the Arab s...

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Superior document:Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; Volume 74
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1999.
Year of Publication:1999
Language:English
Series:Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 74
Vetus Testamentum, Supplements 74.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 318 pages).
Notes:Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Nottingham, 1997), originally presented under title: A critical and comparative study of the book of Proverbs and Arabic proverbial wisdom, with special reference to social background and transmission-history.
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