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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... living crea- ture that is with you , of the fowl , of the cattle , and of every beast of the earth with you ; from all that go out of the ark , to every beast of the earth . And I will establish my covenant with you ; neither shall all ...
... living God , who created heaven and earth and has dominion over all living creatures . " The king used to say to him , " Do you not think that Bel is a living god ? Do you not see how much he eats and drinks every day ? " And Daniel ...
... living Jesus spoke . " Thus the collection intends to be esoteric : the key to understanding is the interpretation or secret meaning of the say- ings , for “ whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not experi- ence death ...
Table des matières
Introduction to Section | 5 |
Poetry | 7 |
The Pyramid Texts 24642355 B C | 14 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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