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Arabian Studies
Av R. B. Serjeant, R. L. Bidwell
Häftad, 2005
569 kr
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The articles in this volume cover a wide variety of themes, mainly in the fields of history and social anthropology, with one paper on a literary topic, making this a book of multi-disciplinary interest for those specialising in the study of the Arabian peninsula. Topics range from a beekeeping …
The Arabian Epic: Volume 1, Introduction
Heroic and Oral Story-telling
Av M. C. Lyons, Faculty Of Oriental Studies
Häftad, 2005
804 kr
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The hero cycles of Arabic belong to the literary tradition of The Arabian Nights and can be seen as the popular epics of their civilisation. The Arabian epic covers eleven of the main representatives of this genre. Each of these has been developed through the processes of accretive oral …
The Arabian Epic: Volume 2, Analysis
Heroic and Oral Story-telling
Av M. C. Lyons, Faculty Of Oriental Studies
Häftad, 2005
804 kr
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The hero cycles of Arabic belong to the literary tradition of The Arabian Nights and can be seen as the popular epics of their civilisation. The Arabian epic covers ten of the main representatives of this genre. Each of these has been developed through the processes of accretive oral story-telling …
The Arabian Epic: Volume 3, Texts
Heroic and Oral Story-telling
Av M. C. Lyons, Faculty Of Oriental Studies
Häftad, 2005
804 kr
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The hero cycles of Arabic belong to the literary tradition of The Arabian Nights and can be seen as the popular epics of their civilisation. The Arabian epic covers ten of the main representatives of this genre. Each of these has been developed through the processes of accretive oral story-telling …
The Syriac Version of the Old Testament
Av M. P. Weitzman, Faculty Of Oriental Studies
Häftad, 2005
477 kr
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While the Syriac version of the Old Testament, known as the Peshitta, was translated from a Hebrew text, it was, surprisingly, preserved by the eastern churches alone. In his book, M. W. Weitzman argues that the translation was put together in around 200 CE by a small Jewish community estranged …
The Vīsaladevarāsa
A Restoration of the Text
Häftad, 2007
620 kr
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The object of the study is to restore to its original form the Vīsaladevarāsa, a poetical work composed in Rājasthān probably in the middle of the fifteenth century of our era. Dr Smith has provided a full critical analysis of his method, and he also studies in detail the linguistic elements of the …
Land and Sovereignty in India
Agrarian Society and Politics under the Eighteenth-Century Maratha Svarājya
Häftad, 2007
838 kr
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This original contribution to Indian history, focusing on contemporary and largely indigenous documents, introduces a set of concepts for the analysis of late Mughal rule. More specifically it examines the origins and development of the Maratha svardjya or 'self-rule' within the context of …
Devotional Literature in South Asia
Current Research, 1985-1988
Häftad, 2008
710 kr
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This volume addresses research topics within the field of Bhakti literature, the devotional poetry and other compositions of devotional character in the earlier literature of the modern South Asian languages. Its papers range from the roots of the Bhakti tradition in the early history of Krsna to …
Divination, Mythology and Monarchy in Han China
Häftad, 2008
687 kr
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Chinese empires were established by force of arms, but sustained by religious rites and intellectual theory. The four centuries from 206 BC to AD 220 witnessed major changes in the state cults and the concepts of monarchy, while various techniques of divination were used to forecast the future or …
The Avestan Hymn to Mithra
Häftad, 2007
667 kr
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The Avestan Hymn to Mithra, written in the fifth century BC, is the one extensive, ancient literary record of the attributes, companions and cult of the Iranian god whose worship spread, five or six centuries later, as far as Britain. Dr Gershevitch here reproduces Geldner's text and critical …
The Language of Indrajit of Orcha
A Study of Early Braj Bhāsā Prose
Häftad, 2007
654 kr
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For centuries, until the consolidation of modern standard Hindi after 1900, the Hindi dialect known as Braj Bhāsā enjoyed great prestige as the vehicle of the Krsna cult literature of northern India, as well as for the brilliance of its secular literature. Most of this material was in verse, …
Kingship and Political Practice in Colonial India
Häftad, 2007
541 kr
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In this 1996 cultural history which considers the transformation of south Indian institutions under British colonial rule in the nineteenth century, Pamela Price focuses on the two former 'little kingdoms' of Ramnad and Sivaganga which came under colonial governance as revenue estates. She …
Sorrow and Joy among Muslim Women
The Pukhtuns of Northern Pakistan
Av Amineh Ahmed
Häftad, 2008
797 kr
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The Pukhtuns are numerically and politically one of the most significant ethno-linguistic groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan. This important study of Pukhtun society concentrates on the lives, thoughts and gham-khadi (funerals-weddings) ceremonies of the women, especially of the elite, wealthy and …
Early Japanese Books in Cambridge University Library
A Catalogue of the Aston, Satow and von Siebold Collections
Av Nozomu Hayashi, Peter Kornicki
Häftad, 2012
952 kr
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This is a complete catalogue, in Japanese with a parallel Japanese/English introduction, of early books acquired by the diplomats W. G. Aston, Ernest Satow, and Heinrich von Siebold in Japan, mostly in the 1860s and 1870s. Of the 2,500 items, some are manuscripts and some movable-type books from …
Saladin
The Politics of the Holy War
Av Malcolm Cameron Lyons, D. E. P. Jackson
Häftad, 1984
804 kr
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Saladin is one of the best known figures of the Middle Ages, and this study makes use of hitherto neglected Arabic sources, including unpublished manuscript material - -notably the correspondence, both private and official, of Saladin's own court -to set the whole of Saladin's career and …
Naukar, Rajput, and Sepoy
The Ethnohistory of the Military Labour Market of Hindustan, 1450-1850
Inbunden, 1990
1710 kr
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This is a study of an aspect of the ethnohistory of North Indian peasant society: the importance of its military labour market for state and sect formation, for social change as well as for the energetic survival strategies of the villages of Hindustan. It traces the history of the British Indian …
Devotional Literature in South Asia
Current Research, 1985-1988
Inbunden, 1992
1411 kr
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This volume addresses research topics within the field of Bhakti literature, the devotional poetry and other compositions of devotional character in the earlier literature of the modern South Asian languages. Its papers range from the roots of the Bhakti tradition in the early history of Krsna to …
Divination, Mythology and Monarchy in Han China
Inbunden, 1994
2146 kr
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Chinese empires were established by force of arms, but sustained by religious rites and intellectual theory. The four centuries from 206 BC to AD 220 witnessed major changes in the state cults and the concepts of monarchy, while various techniques of divination were used to forecast the future or …
Pulse Diagnosis in Early Chinese Medicine
The Telling Touch
Inbunden, 2010
1598 kr
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This is a study of the earliest extensive account of Chinese pulse diagnosis, or more accurately, the examination of mai. Dr Hsu focuses on a biography of Chunyu Yi, a doctor of the early Han, and presents the first complete translation into English of the Memoir in the Historical Records by Sima …
Naukar, Rajput, and Sepoy
The Ethnohistory of the Military Labour Market of Hindustan, 1450-1850
Av Dirk H. A. Kolff, Faculty Of Oriental Studies
Häftad, 2002
754 kr
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This is a study of an aspect of the ethnohistory of North Indian peasant society: the importance of its military labour market for state and sect formation, for social change as well as for the energetic survival strategies of the villages of Hindustan. It traces the history of the British Indian …
God's Caliph
Religious Authority in the First Centuries of Islam
Av Patricia Crone, Martin Hinds m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
337 kr
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This study examines how religious authority was distributed in early Islam. It argues the case that, as in Shi'ism, it was concentrated in the head of state, rather than dispersed among learned laymen as in Sunnism. Originally the caliph was both head of state and ultimate source of religious law; …
Religion in Japan
Arrows to Heaven and Earth
Av Peter F. Kornicki, P. F. Kornicki m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
1828 kr
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Peter Francis Kornicki and Ian James McMullen have put together a remarkable collection of essays on different aspects of religion in Japan by an international team of contributors. The essays in this 1996 book cover a wide range of subjects, from the new religions of post-war Japan to beliefs …
Kingship and Political Practice in Colonial India
Inbunden, 1996
1526 kr
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In this 1996 cultural history which considers the transformation of south Indian institutions under British colonial rule in the nineteenth century, Pamela Price focuses on the two former 'little kingdoms' of Ramnad and Sivaganga which came under colonial governance as revenue estates. She …
State and Court Ritual in China
Inbunden, 1999
2784 kr
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This broad-ranging examination of Chinese court and state ritual from 1000 BC to AD 1750 represents the first modern comprehensive account of the subject in any language. The essays demonstrate how and why ritual has played such a fundamental and often controversial role in the practice of Chinese …
Indian Semantic Analysis
The Nirvacana Tradition
Av Eivind Kahrs
Inbunden, 1999
1677 kr
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The Indian tradition of semantic elucidation known as nirvacana analysis represented a powerful hermeneutic tool in the exegesis and transmission of authoritative scripture. Nevertheless, it has all too frequently been dismissed by modern scholars as anything from folk-etymology to a primitive …
The Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel and Judah
Evidence for a Hebrew Goddess
Av Judith M. Hadley, Faculty Of Oriental Studies
Inbunden, 2000
2231 kr
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Recent archaeological discoveries have encouraged scholars to reinvestigate the Israelite religion. In this book, Judith Hadley uses these discoveries, alongside biblical material and non-biblical inscriptions, to examine the evidence for the worship of Asherah as the partner of God in the Bible. …
The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East
Av Martha Mundy, Basim Musallam
Inbunden, 2000
1677 kr
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In this 2000 book, Martha Mundy and Basim Musallam bring together an international team of contributors consisting of archaeologists, geographers, historians, anthropologists and agronomists in a penetrating, interdisciplinary account of the transformation of nomadic society. The chapters provide …
Seeking Bauls of Bengal
Inbunden, 2002
1520 kr
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'Bauls' have achieved fame as wandering minstrels and mystics in India and Bangladesh. They are recruited from both Hindu and Muslim communities and are renowned for their beautiful and often enigmatic songs. Despite their iconic status as representatives of the spiritual East, and although they …
Early Muslim Polemic against Christianity
Abu Isa al-Warraq's 'Against the Incarnation'
Av David Thomas, Muhammad Ibn Harun Warraq m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1628 kr
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The Muslim thinker, Abu 'Isa al-Warraq, lived in ninth-century Baghdad. He is remembered for his extensive knowledge of non-Muslim religious communities and his unorthodox views on Islam itself. This 2002 book represents an edition and translation of Abu 'Isa's Against the Incarnation, the second …
State and Locality in Mughal India
Power Relations in Western India, c.1572-1730
Av Farhat Hasan
Inbunden, 2004
1693 kr
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This book presents an exploratory study of the Mughal state and its negotiation with local power relations. By studying the state from the perspective of the localities and not from that of the Mughal Court, it shifts the focus from the imperial grid to the local arenas, and more significantly, …
