Löwe und Schakal: Alt-Arabische Fabeln

Title

en_US Löwe und Schakal: Alt-Arabische Fabeln

en_US Bibliothek Arabischer Klassiker #6

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Aus dem Arabischen übertragen und berarbeitet von Gernot Rotter

Creator

en_US Rotter, Gernot See all items with this value

Date

2016-08-26T13:39:14Z

en_US 2014-06

en_US 1980

Date Available

2016-08-26T13:39:14Z

Date Issued

en_US 1980

Abstract

en_US "Here is a fascinating book. It presents, for the first time in a European language, this 12th century anonymous Sunni animal story dealing, as does "Kalila and Dimna," with the question of how to rule. Its plot is distinctively different from that of KD. Those wanting a summary of that plot will find help both in the introduction here and on 87-90 of "Al-Ghazali's Philosophical Theology" by Frank Giffel. Giffel provides good insight on the philosophical and historical background of the leading jackal's philosophy. What we are dealing with in this book is the story of "The Lion and the Diver." Let me sketch the little I have learned of its basic plot. The "diver" is a wise jackal who is drawn into advising king lion and advises him well, particularly about the opposition of a buffalo. His success draws criticism and opposition of others -- who can forget KD in this regard?! -- and he suffers for it. When he is exonerated, he eschews public life, even in spite of the lion's offers to reinstate and honor him. This book's introduction also gives a good account of the history of this work. My impression from a quick glance over this work is that it includes far more dialogue and discussion and far fewer specific stories. I wonder even if there is not here one long "fable" rather than the interlocking and nesting fables of KD. Surprising to me is that the handful of lovely colored illustrations included in this work are explicitly from KD. Here is a treasure to be researched!"

Identifier

en_US 10947 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/91543

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Erdmann

en_US Tübingen

Subject

en_US PJ7755.A76A57 1980 See all items with this value

en_US Sunni Islam See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole