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  1. Close relationships
    incest and inbreeding in classical Arabic literature
    Author: Gelder, G. J. H. van
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  I.B. Tauris, London

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781850438557; 9780857711458
    RVK Categories: EN 2680
    Subjects: Arabic literature; Incest in literature; Inzest <Motiv>; Arabisch; Literatur
    Scope: viii, 278 p.
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-267) and index
  2. Close Relationships
    Incest and Inbreeding in Classical Arabic Literature
    Author: van Gelder, Geert Jan
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  I.B.Tauris, London

    Close Relationships is Geert Jan van Gelder's groundbreaking and comprehensive study of the diverse facts and opinions concerning incest and close-kin marriage found in literary and non-literary pre-modern Arabic texts. The pre-Islamic Arabs knew... more

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    Close Relationships is Geert Jan van Gelder's groundbreaking and comprehensive study of the diverse facts and opinions concerning incest and close-kin marriage found in literary and non-literary pre-modern Arabic texts. The pre-Islamic Arabs knew about the dangers of inbreeding; the Qur'an formulates the basic principles of marriage impediments in Islam, which were elaborated by generations of jurists. Incest is a motif found in lampoons, anecdotes, stories, legends, dream interpretation, and polemics with other religions, in particular the Zoroastrians, who in pre-Islamic times allegedly reco

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781850438557
    Series: Library of Middle East History
    Scope: Online-Ressource (288 p.)
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    Cover; Contents; Abbreviations and Conventions; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One: Stunted Nobility; Chapter Two: Magian Marriages; Chapter Three: Islamic Incest Regulations; Chapter Four: Incest in Legend and Literature; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index