The island of animals / adapted from an Arabic fable by Denys Johnson-Davies ; illustrated by Sabiha Khemir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson-Davies, Denys.

Contributor:

Khemir, Sabiha.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fables, Arabic.

Animals--Religious aspects--Islam.

Animals.

Physical Description:

xix, 76 pages : illustrations ; 21 x 30 cm

Edition:

First University of Texas Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1994.

Summary:

'An ideal Anthology for the study of the Islamic tradition, from the Qur'an to classical texts of Islamic law and mysticism.... provides readers with excellent translations, faithful to the original texts but rendered in clear prose, of classical Islamic source materials.' - John L. Esposito, Loyola Professor of Middle East Studies, College of the Holy Cross.

Notes:

Adapted from The dispute between animals and man, an epistle from the Arabic text, The epistles of the brethren of purity.

Includes bibliographical references (page xix)

ISBN:

0292740352

0292740360

OCLC:

30456199