Abstract
Presentation and analysis of the Judeo-Arabic postface, or conclusion, composed in Jerusalem by the 11th-century Karaite grammarian Abu¯ l-Faraj Ha¯ru¯n b. al-Faraj for his "bestselling" biblical glossary, which is extant in at least forty manuscript copies. Ha¯ru¯n's postface is quite similar to a preface, and includes many of the elements traditional to authorly prefaces of the period. Yet even while employing literary topoi that were de rigueur in Arabic literature and in composition of the period, Ha¯ru¯n produced a highly personal postface that conveys his conception of his own literary production in addition to adding important information about his personal biography.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 345-373 |
Number of pages | 29 |
Journal | Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft |
Volume | 164 |
Issue number | 2 |
State | Published - 2014 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Cultural Studies
- History