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Texts as Living Objects: Dhayls and Knowledge Transmission in the Islamic World

By Sacha Alsancakli (Editor), Philip Bockholt (Editor)
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By Sacha Alsancakli (Editor), Philip Bockholt (Editor)
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Texts as Living Objects brings together nine contributions on dhayls (supplements) and textual transmission in the Islamic world. Integrating case studies of texts in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Samaritan Hebrew, and spanning a wide geographical and chronological scope, the volume proposes a renewed definition and understanding of dhayls as cultural and historical phenomena.
Rather than examining supplementation in isolation, the volume also considers other forms of textual modification, ...

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HistoryAsian HistoryMiddle Eastern HistoryGeneral Asian HistoryGeneral & Miscellaneous Asian HistoryMiddle Eastern History - Modern - General & Miscellaneous