Islam translated: literature, conversion, and the Arabic cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia
Arabic cosmopolis? -- Translation -- On "translation" and its untranslatability -- The Book of Samud: a Javanese literary tradition -- The Ayira Macala: Tamil questions and marvels -- Seribu Masalah: the Malay Book of One Thousand Questions -- Conversion -- Cosmopolitan in translation: Ara...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago [u.a.]
University of Chicago Press
c 2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Series/Journal: | South Asia across the disciplines
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islamic literature
/ Translation
/ Conversion (Religion)
/ Asia
/ Asia
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| Further subjects: | B
Hikayat seribu masalah
B Southeast Asian literature Islamic influences B Islamic literature (Southeast Asia) Translations History and criticism B Islam B Asia B Book of one thousand questions Translations History and criticism B Kitāb masāʼil ʻAbd Allāh ibn Salām lil-Nabī B Serat Samud B Muslim converts from Judaism Early works to 1800 Translations History and criticism B Āyira macalā |
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| Summary: | Arabic cosmopolis? -- Translation -- On "translation" and its untranslatability -- The Book of Samud: a Javanese literary tradition -- The Ayira Macala: Tamil questions and marvels -- Seribu Masalah: the Malay Book of One Thousand Questions -- Conversion -- Cosmopolitan in translation: Arabic's distant travels -- Conversion to Islam and the Book of One Thousand Questions -- A Jew on Java, a model Malay rabbi, and a Tamil Torah scholar -- The Arabic cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0226710882 |