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01771aam a2200385 i 4500 001 F2830762D4E311E3810EC6B1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140506010127 008 140228s2013 stk b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2014371199 020 $a 9780748683321 020 $a 0748683321 035 $a (OCoLC)851153440 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d DLC $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d BDX $d CHVBK $d CDX $d STF $d CGU $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 050 00 $a PJ7745.J3 $b Z7885 2013 082 04 $a 892.7 100 1 $a Montgomery, James E. $q (James Edward), $d 1962- $e author. 245 10 $a Al-JaÌhÌ£izÌ£ : $b in praise of books / $c James E. Montgomery. 264 1 $a Edinburgh : $b Edinburgh University Press, $c [2013] 300 $a vi, 586 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 534-570) and index. 520 8 $a Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian, and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived, counselled and wrote in Iraq during the first century of the 'Abbasid caliphate. 'In Praise of Books' explores the centrality of books to Al-Jahiz's work and to the society he lived in. 600 00 $a JaÌhÌ£izÌ£, $d -868 or 869 $x Books and reading. 650 0 $a Books and reading $z Islamic Empire. 650 0 $a Arabic literature $y 750-1258 $x History and criticism. 651 0 $a Islamic Empire $x Intellectual life. 600 07 $a JaÌhÌ£izÌ£, $d -868 or 869. $t HÌ£ayawaÌn. $2 gnd 650 7 $a Bibliophilie. $2 gnd 650 7 $a Literature. $2 ukslc 830 0 $a Edinburgh studies in classical Arabic literature. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171220020945.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F2830762D4E311E3810EC6B1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search