The story of Aḥiḳar from the Syriac, Arabic, Armenian, Ethiopic, Greek and Slavonic versions / by F. C. Conybeare, J. Rendel Harris, and Agnes Smith Lewis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Conybeare, F. C. (Frederick Cornwallis), 1856-1924.

Harris, J. Rendel (James Rendel), 1852-1941.

Lewis, Agnes Smith, 1843-1926.

Standardized Title:

Ahikar (Folktale)

Language:

Arabic

Armenian

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Syriac, Modern

Physical Description:

lxxxviii, 162 pages, 72 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : C.J. Clay, 1898.

Contents:

Introduction.

Slavonic translation.

Armenian translation.

Syrian translation.

Æthiopic translation.

Arabic translation.

Greek text.

Armenian text.

Syriac text.

Arabic text.

Notes:

"We are indebted then to Hoffman for identifying the characters...in Tobit with those...in Aḥiḳar."--Introd.

The introduction, by J. Rendel Harris, deals with the relation of the story of Aḥiḳar, found in the "Arabian nights" and elsewhere, to the apocryphal Book of Tobit; it also discusses the resemblance of Aḥiḳar to Loḳman and to Aesop, "two characters ... already shown to be identical."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

643061