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The last pagans of Iraq : Ibn Waḥshiyya and his Nabatean agriculture / by Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila.
Van Pelt Library BL2350.I7 H36 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hämeen-Anttila, Jaakko.
- Series:
- Islamic history and civilization 0929-2403 ; v. 63.
- Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, 0929-2403 ; v. 63
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion.
- Iraq--Religion.
- Iraq.
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, active 9th century. Filāḥah al-Nabaṭīyah.
- Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
- Language Note:
- Includes selections from Filāḥah al-Nabaṭīyah in English translation.
- Summary:
- This volume analyses the religious, philosophical and folkloristic content of Ibn Wa?shiyya's (d. 931) Nabatean Agriculture, a book containing rich information on Late Antique paganism in Iraq. The book also contains 61 translated excerpts from the Nabatean Agriculture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-377) and indexes.
- Contains:
- Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, active 9th century. Filāḥah al-Nabaṭīyah. English. Selections.
- ISBN:
- 9004150102
- OCLC:
- 65205137
- Publisher Number:
- 9789004150102
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