Radiant Lights, Eloquent Words: A Scholarly Edition of Al-Anwār Al-Bahiyya Fī Taʿrīf Maqāmāt Fuṣaḥāʾ Al-Bariyya. Attributed to Abū Manṣūr Al-Thaʿālibī (D. 429/1039)

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-51669-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Arabisch, Band 192, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

K. al-Anwar al-bahiyya fi ta'rif maqamat fusaha' al-bariyya is a work of adab attributed to the renowned littérateur and historian of literature Abu Mansur al-Tha'alibi. The work consists of an introduction and four chapters. The first three chapters are concerned with knowledge ('ilm): Chapter One discusses the merit and application of knowledge, Chapter Two the definition of knowledge and its true meaning, and Chapter Three the conditions of knowledge. The fourth chapter, which constitutes the bulk of the book, is concerned with occasions on which scholars and sages made speeches in the presence of rulers. It is divided into two parts: Part One presents pre-Islamic (jahiliyya) speeches, incorporating Arab, Greek, Byzantine, Persian, and Indian traditions, and Part Two presents Islamic speeches. The work is introduced by an analytical study discussing the attribution of the work, its relation to the Maqamat genre, and the manuscripts used.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Orfali, Bilal

Baalbaki, Ramzi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 K. al-Anwar al-bahiyya fi ta?rif maqamat fu?a?a? al-bariyya

2 From Maqam to Maqama

3 The Attribution to Abu Man?ur al-Tha?alibi

4 Abu Man?ur al-Tha?alibi

5 Manuscripts

Bibliography

Scholarly Edition

Index of Qur?anic Verses

Index of Prophetic Tradition

Index of Names

Index of Places

Index of Poetry

Index of Sources

Index of Chapters

Über Autor(innen)

Bilal Orfali, Ph.D. (2009) is Sheikh Zayed Chair for Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut. He has published extensively both in English and Arabic on Arabic literature, Sufism, and quranic Studies.

Ramzi Baalbaki, Ph.D. (1978), University of London, is the Margaret Weyerhaeuser Jewett Professor of Arabic at the American University of Beirut. He has published extensively both in English and Arabic on the history of the Arabic grammatical and lexicographical traditions.