The Arabic Language and Syro-Lebanese National Identity Searching in Buṭrus Al-bustānī's Muḥīṭ Al-Muḥīṭ

Over centuries, Arabic lexicography had operated under a solid myth of pure linguistic origins rooted in the terra prima of the Arabian Desert. Buṭrus al-bustānīʾs Muḥīṭ al-Muḥīṭ is the earliest Arabic lexicon that breaks with this tradition. In this modern lexicon, al-Bustānī recollected the biblic...

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Main Author: Issa, Rana (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2017]
In: Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 62, Issue: 2, Pages: 465-484
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
CG Christianity and Politics
HB Old Testament
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBL Near East and North Africa
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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