The last pagans of Iraq : Ibn Wahshiyya and his Nabatean agriculture / by Jaakko Hameen-Anttila.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hämeen-Anttila, Jaakko.

Series:

Islamic history and civilization ; v. 63.

Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, 0929-2403 ; v. 63

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Ancient.

Iraq--Religion.

Iraq.

Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, active 9th century. Filāḥah al-Nabaṭīyah.

Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first analysis in any language of the religious, philosophical and folkloristic content of Ibn Waḥshiyya's (d. 931) Nabatean Agriculture. This enigmatic book, said to have been translated by Ibn Waḥshiyya from Syriac into Arabic, contains much material on Late Antique Paganism in Iraq and semi-learned reception of Greek philosophical thought. The first part of the present book studies the question of authenticity, authorship and context of the Nabatean Agriculture , dated by the author to around 600 AD. The second part consists of 61 translated and annotated excerpts of the Nabatean Agriculture , until now available only in the Arabic original, as well as introductions to the world view of the text.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

PART ONE

Chapter One: Ibn Waḥshiyya and the Nabatean Agriculture

1.1: The history of Ibn Waḥshiyya studies

1.2: The textual history of the Nabatean Agriculture

1.3: Mesopotamian national identity in early Arabic sources

1.4: Continuity of pagan religious traditions in tenthcentury Iraq

1.5: The Oriental Tradition of Vindanius Anatolius of Berytus' Synagōgē geōrgikōn epitēdeumatōn

1.6: Notes on the translations

Text 1: (NA, pp. 209-214)

PART TWO

Chapter Two: Ibn Waḥshiyya and the Translation of the Nabatean Agriculture

Text 2: (NA, pp. 5-10)

Text 3: (NA, pp. 546-548)

Text 4: (NA, p. 821)

Text 5: (NA, pp. 1131-1132)

Text 6: (NA, pp. 876-879)

Chapter Three: The World and the Gods

3.1: The world

3.2: The clime of Bàbil and its superiority

3.3: Plants and the eternity of the world

3.4: The soul

3.5: The gods

Text 7: (NA, pp. 10-12)

Text 8: (NA, pp. 389-390)

Text 9: (NA, pp. 727-731)

Text 10: (NA, pp. 1031-1032)

Text 11: (NA, pp. 336-338)

Text 12: (NA, pp. 1012-1013)

Text 13: (NA, pp. 1025-1027)

Chapter Four: Religious Beliefs

4.1: Prophets and sages

4.2: Prophecy and revelation

4.3: Prayers

4.4: Magic, talismans and special properties

4.5: Ascesis and ascetics

4.6: Burials, rituals and temples

Text 14: (NA, p. 49)

Text 15: (NA, pp. 108-111)

Text 16: (NA, pp. 144-145)

Text 17: (NA, pp. 329-330)

Text 18: (NA, pp. 722-724)

Text 19: (NA, pp. 850-854)

Text 20: (NA, p. 147)

Text 21: (NA, pp. 148-149)

Text 22: (NA, pp. 155-157)

Text 23: (NA, pp. 186-187)

Text 24: (NA, pp. 296-299)

Text 25: (NA, pp. 405-406)

Text 26: (NA, pp. 538-541)

Text 27: (NA, pp. 750-752)

Text 28: (NA, pp. 252-262)

Text 29: (NA, pp. 1046-1047).

Text 30: (NA, p. 1127)

Text 31: (NA, pp. 1061-1065)

Text 32: (NA, pp. 1094-1097)

Text 33: (NA, p. 1106)

Text 34: (NA, pp. 1160-1161)

Text 35: (NA, pp. 1191-1192)

Text 36: (NA, pp. 1237-1246)

Text 37: (NA, pp. 1248-1250)

Text 38: (NA, pp. 1288-1289)

Text 39: (NA, pp. 1297-1299)

Text 40: (NA, pp. 1311-1312)

Text 41: (NA, pp. 1312-1314)

Text 42: (NA, pp. 1317-1319)

Text 43: (NA, pp. 1337-1339)

Text 44: (NA, pp. 1339-1340)

Text 45: (NA, pp. 1394-1395)

Text 46: (NA, p. 1416)

Text 47: (NA, pp. 1418-1421)

Text 48: (NA, pp. 1446-1447)

Text 49: (NA, pp. 1483-1484)

Text 50: (NA, pp. 274-275)

Chapter Five: Folklore, Stories and Literature

Text 51: (NA, pp. 51-53)

Text 52: (NA, pp. 448-453)

Text 53: (NA, pp. 646-648)

Text 54: (NA, pp. 1451-1453)

Text 55: (NA, pp. 1002-1004)

Text 56: (NA, pp. 1010-1011)

Text 57: (NA, pp. 1196-1198)

Text 58: (NA, pp. 1254-1256)

Text 59: (NA, pp. 1272-1273)

Text 60: (NA, pp. 926-927)

Text 61: (NA, pp. 1323-1324)

References

Abbreviations

Arabic Sources

Sources in Other Languages

Bibliography

Indices

Index of personal names

Index of place names

Index of divine names

Index of plant names and other terms discussed in the text

Index of translated passages of the Nabatean Agriculture.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-377) and indexes.

Contains:

Ibn Wahshiyah, Ahmad ibn Ali, 9th cent. Filahah al-Nabatiyah. English. Selections.

ISBN:

1-281-39894-2

9786611398941

90-474-0908-6

OCLC:

646753520

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047409083 DOI