The Case of the Animals Versus Man Before the King of the Jinn - An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistle 22

Informationen zum Autor Lenn E. Goodman is Professor of Philosophy and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Richard McGregor is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Islamic Studies at Vanderbilt University. Klappentext This is the first critical edition of the best-known epistle of the Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan al-Safa), a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad. It features an ecological fable on man's exploitation of animals, preceded by a short exposition on zoology. Zusammenfassung This is the first critical edition of the best-known epistle of the Brethren of Purity (Ikhwan al-Safa)! a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad. It features an ecological fable on man's exploitation of animals! preceded by a short exposition on zoology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Introduction Technical Introduction Epistle 22: The Case of the Animals versus Man Before the King of the Jinn Appendix A: Authorities Cited Appendix B: Geographical Regions Appendix C: Iranian Kings and Heroes Bibliography Index Risala 22 (Arabic Text and Variants)

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• Authors: Lenn E./ McGregor Goodman
• Assisted by: Lenn E Goodman (Editor), Richard McGregor (Editor), Lenn E Goodman (Translation), Goodman Lenn E. (Editor and translation), McGregor Richard (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2010
• EAN: 9780199580163
• ISBN: 978-0-19-958016-3
• No. of pages: 696
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 242 mm x 43 mm
• Series: Epistles of the Brethren of Purity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; Islam, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Islam / Theology, Theology, Medieval History, History of Science, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Islamic Theology, c 500 to c 1000 CE