The Book of Noble Character
Critical Edition of Makarim al-akhlaq wa-ma?asin al-adab wa-bada?i? al-aw?af wa-ghara?ib al-tashbihat, Attributed to Abu Man?ur al-Tha?alibi (d. 429/1039)
Published on 4. December 2015
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-90-04-30091-0 (ISBN)
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This critical Arabic text edition of K. Makarim al-akhlaq wa-ma?asin al-adab wa-bada?i? al-aw?af wa-ghara?ib al-tashbihat(Book of Noble Character, Excellent Conduct, Admirable Descriptions, and Curious Similes) is a substantial work of adab attributed to the prominent litterateur Abu Man?ur al-Tha?alibi (d. 429/1039) that consists of a short introduction and three chapters. The first chapter addresses acquiring noble character and excellent conduct (al-ta?alli bi-makarim al-akhlaq wa-ma?asin al-adab); the second addresses shunning away from base character and ugly traits (al-tazakki ?an masawi? al-akhlaq wa-maqabi? al-shiyam); and the third addresses admirable descriptions and curious similes (bada?i? al-aw?af wa-ghara?ib al-tashbihat). At the end of the text one finds a relatively large collection of widely circulating proverbs (amthal sa?ira) that are alphabetically arranged. Makarim al-akhlaq is in essence an anthology of "good conduct" and of quotations suitable for social and literary discourse. It reflects the three ingredients of adab: behavior, literary culture, and learning. The work is introduced by an analytical study discussing the attribution of the work, the related genres, and the unique manuscript of the text.
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Maryam Mishtawi, Al-Sharq al-Awsat, 24 November 2015, issue 13510
"... die vorzuegliche, an weiterfuehrenden Materialien und Informationen so reiche Edition ist eine Fundgrube fuer alle, die ueber die Adabliteratur arbeiten."
Reinhard Weipert, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet
"This is a book valuable for Arab speaking students of theology and researchers of Islamic studies."
Stavros Nikolaidis
"This impeccable edition, which presents the text in a nice typographic form, is supplemented with a rich apparatus of notes that emphasize the intertextual relations of this anthology with other titles of the Arabic literature. [...] Indexes of the Koranic verses, Prophetic traditions, verses of poetry, proper names, places and an exhaustive bibliography complement this accurate edition that adds a precious pearl to the necklace of Arabic adab literature."
Antonella Ghersetti, Universita Ca' Foscari Venezia, in Quaderni di Studi Arabi 13 (2018)
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Edition
306 pp., 6 illus.
Language
Other
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-30091-0 (9789004300910)
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Bilal Orfali, Ph.D. (2009), Yale University, is Associate Professor of Arabic Studies at the American University of Beirut and the M.S. Sofia Chair in Arabic Studies at the Ohio State University. He is the editor of In the Shadow of Arabic, BRILL (2011), Sufism, Black and White, with Naada Saab, BRILL (2012) and The Comfort of the Mystics, with Gerhard Boewering, BRILL (2013)
Ramzi Baalbaki, PhD (1978), University of London, is the Margaret Weyerhaeuser Jewett Professor of Arabic at the American University of Beirut. He is also the Chair of the Academic Council of the Doha Arabic Historical Dictionary project. He has published extensively both in English and Arabic on the history of the Arabic grammatical and lexicographical traditions. He is the author of The Legacy of the , BRILL (2008) and The Arabic Lexicographical Tradition, BRILL (2014)
Ramzi Baalbaki, PhD (1978), University of London, is the Margaret Weyerhaeuser Jewett Professor of Arabic at the American University of Beirut. He is also the Chair of the Academic Council of the Doha Arabic Historical Dictionary project. He has published extensively both in English and Arabic on the history of the Arabic grammatical and lexicographical traditions. He is the author of The Legacy of the , BRILL (2008) and The Arabic Lexicographical Tradition, BRILL (2014)