Jewish Arabic Literature : : An Introduction / / Moritz Steinschneider.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Steinschneider, Moritz,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (389 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; PART ONE: The Names of the Jews --; 1. Introduction --; 2. The Arabic Names of Persons --; 3. Arabic Names of the Jews --; 4. The Jews in Arabia --; 5. Some Classes of Names --; 6. Biblical Names --; 7. Translations --; 8. Muhammed, Ismaïl, Israïl --; 9. Byname—Kunya --; 10. Abu --; 11. The Historical Kunya --; 12. Non-Biblical Combinations --; 13. List of Kunyas --; 14. Family Names --; 15. Ibn (Aben) --; 16. Jahudi (Jehudi) Israïli --; 17. Gentilicia and Patronymica --; 18. Hebrew Abstracta --; 19. Sundry Remarks --; 20. Alphabetical List of Arabic Names --; PART TWO --; 21. Use of the Arabic Language amogst the Jews --; 22. Customs, Institutions, and Designations --; 23. Position of the Jews --; 24. The Mohammedan Law as to the Treatment of Jews (and Christians) --; 25. The Knowledge of the Arabic Literature among the Jews --; 26. (Excursus: Arabic Literature of the Christians) --; 27. Writings of Mohammedan Arabic Authors Written in Hebrew Hebrew Characters --; 28. Mohammedans and Christians Taken for Jews and the Contrary --; 29. The Arabic Works Known to the Jews --; 30. Other Branches --; 31. Poetry --; 32. Collections of Books --; 33. The Writing in Arabic Characters --; 34. The Position of the Jewish-Arabic Scholars, and especially their Relationship to the Mohammedans --; 35. Jewish Physicians --; 36. Mathematicians --; 37. Personal Intercourse between Jews and Arabs --; 38. The Nature of the Arabic Language of the Jews, and Some Remarks of the Jews on the Arabic Language --; 39. The Relation between Arabic and Jewish Literature --; 40. Conclusion, Different Branches --; 41. I. Poetry --; 42. II. Hebrew Philology --; 43. III. Exegesis --; 44. IV. Philosophy and Dramas --; 45. V. Halacha (Law) --; Corrections and Additions Part I --; Corrections and Additions Part II --; Summary (with Original Volume and Pagination References) --; Indexes
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463213589; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463213589
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Moritz Steinschneider.

Steinschneider’s first section is a dictionary of Jewish Arabic authors. This includes a careful study of Jewish names. The Second section is a study of the lives and literatures of Jews, and Christians, within Muslim society.