Literatures of the Middle East: From Antiquity to the PresentWillis Barnstone, Tony Barnstone Prentice Hall, 2003 - 487 pages This extraordinary anthology gathers together a broad selection of representative, authoritative writings--spanning antiquity to the present--from the non-Western civilizations of the Middle East. It combines extensive introductions, headnotes, and bibliographies with excellent literary translations of the best contemporary and classical writers. KEY TOPICS: The selections reflect literary, religious, and philosophical traditions and reveal--despite cultural differences--the universality of life experiences. Primary literary genres (poetry, fiction, and drama) as well as key religions, philosophical, historic, aesthetic, biographical and political texts are covered. MARKET: For readers of Middle Eastern, World, and Non-Western Literature. |
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... Testament , New Testament , and Intertestament INTRODUCTION The Jews and the Bible ( consisting of the Old Testament and the New Tes- tament ) are forever linked . The Bible is the early history of the Jews from Abraham through Jesus ...
... Testament and New Testament scripture , including the canonical Apocrypha , which appears in varying degrees in Jewish and Christian Bibles , there is a vast body of scripture that did not find its way into the canon , much of it ...
... Testament as the Messiah , whose coming was prophesied in the Old Testament . As described in Isaiah and elsewhere in the Old Testament , the Messiah would be a salvific figure , giving his people a vision of life on earth , a special ...
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Introduction to Section | 5 |
Poetry | 7 |
The Pyramid Texts 24642355 B C | 14 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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