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James E. Montgomery
Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian, and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived, counselled and wrote in Iraq during the first century of the 'Abbasid caliphate. 'In Praise of Books' explores the centrality of books to Al-Jahiz's work and to the society he lived in.
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
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| Search language | simple |
| ISBN_13 | 978-0-748-68333-8 primary |
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