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Paperback. This is a selection of plays by the Israeli playwright and director Hanoch Levin. Levin's artistic credo was based on a constant urge to criticize Israeli society and its mainstream ideology while simultaneously confronting the basic human and existential issues of life and death. Translator(s): Harshav, Barbara. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748582
ISBN
9780804748582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.25

Hardback. The author examines the work of key figures in the early history of Jewish literature through the prism of their allusions to classical Jewish texts, focusing on the highly complex strategies the maskilim employed to achieve their potential and ideological goals. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; 2CSJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804749015
ISBN
9780804749015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.06

Hardback. Explores the use of allegory in the writing of the renowned eleventh-century Muslim philosopher known in the West as Avicenna, paying special attention to the ways he influenced theological, mystical, and literary thought in subsequent Islamic-and Western-intellectual and religious history. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CS; HPD; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812231519
ISBN
9780812231519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.13

Paperback. Offers an exploration of the indissoluble link between war and sexuality based on over the years of interviews by the well-known Lebanese expatriate teacher, critic, and writer. This book refers to sexuality as the physical and psychological relations of men and women, and examines Middle Eastern customs involved in defining such relationships. Editor(s): Accad, Evelyne. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; JFC; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814706152
ISBN
9780814706152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 538 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 814. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309438
ISBN
9781477309438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.38

Hardcover. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479877928
ISBN
9781479877928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; HRJ; JFHF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479889655
ISBN
9781479889655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.99

Paperback. A vivid panorama of the spiritual, theological, and intellectual concerns of the Golden Age of Spanish Jewry (950-1200) as represented in the work of thirteen poets. Editor(s): Goldstein, David. Translator(s): Goldstein, David. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2CSJ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904113669
ISBN
9781904113669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.30

Hardcover. Presents the first English translation of two important texts, with a new critical edition based on several original manuscripts Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814729144
ISBN
9780814729144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.84

Paperback. Scripture is at the centre of many religions. This book looks at the function, development and implications of the centrality of text upon the Jewish community. It forms an introduction to Jewish hermeneutics, exploring shifts from the Bible to the Torah and biblical religion to rabbinic Judaism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CFP; HRCG; HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674661127
ISBN
9780674661127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.42

paperback. Arabs have traditionally considered classical Arabic poetry, together with the Qur'an, as one of their supreme cultural accomplishments. Taking a comparatist approach, this book attempts to integrate the classical Arabic lyric into an enlarged understanding of lyric poetry as a genre. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226773360
ISBN
9780226773360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.17

Hardcover. The 9th-century essayist, theologian and encyclopedist 'Amr b Bahr al-Jahiz has long been acknowledged as a master of early Arabic prose writing. This book looks at letters from one of the most unique minds of the Abbasid era that cover sectarian and ethnic rivalries, ethical questions, intoxicating beverages and daily life. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748692743
ISBN
9780748692743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.08

paperback. 'Biblical Hebrew' offers 55 lessons, each based around verses or segments from Biblical texts. This new edition has been fully revised, includes three new audio CDs and a companion volume, 'The Supplement' which presents reinforcement and review activities along with additional detail about topics in the main text. Series: Yale Language. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300098631
ISBN
9780300098631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.56

Paperback. A comprehensive introduction to reading, writing, and pronunciation of modern Hebrew Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 279 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
49430th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472082254
ISBN
9780472082254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.46

Paperback. Focusing on the body as a site of rupture and signification, this book shifts the paradigm for the study of modernity in the Arab context from questions of representation, translation, and cultural exchange to an engagement with a genealogy of symptoms and affects embodied in texts from the nineteenth-century onward. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251728
ISBN
9780823251728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.48

Hardcover. Contrary to the monolithic impression left by postcolonial theories of Orientalism, the book makes the case that Orientals did not exist solely to be gazed at. Hermes shows that there was no shortage of medieval Muslims who cast curious eyes towards the European Other and that more than a handful of them were interested in Europe. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB; DSC; HRAX; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230109407
ISBN
9780230109407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.94
€ 89.17

Hardcover. Through her detailed study of Mayy Ziyadah's literary salon, Boutheina Khaldi sheds light on salon and epistolary culture in early twentieth-century Egypt and its role in Egypt's Nahdah (Awakening). Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; 3JJC; DSBH; DSK; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340862
ISBN
9780230340862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.86

Hardback. In this work, Niloofar Haeri looks at the complex interactions of two dialects: Classical Arabic (the language of both religion and the state) and the Egyptian dialect of Arabic. He focuses on the political, cultural, and religious struggles to modernize Classical Arabic. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; CFB; CFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312238988
ISBN
9780312238988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Hardback. Far from being social, orthodox or merely anecdotal, modern Arabic fiction is in fact significant and radical in the world context of modern fiction, as this book shows. It includes an introduction to and critique of the short story as well as a selection of Arabic short stories, chosen and translated by the author. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333385845
ISBN
9780333385845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Hardcover. This fully revised second edition of "The Modern Arabic Short Story" is an anthology offering English translations of previously unavailable Arabic texts. Each story has been translated and collected with an introduction and overview of this classical form of storytelling. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 2CSR; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 579.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333641361
ISBN
9780333641361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69
€ 87.10

Hardback. Editor(s): Donner, Fred M. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 2CSR; DSA; DSB; HBAH; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640877
ISBN
9780691640877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.44
€ 54.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4000 entries. BIC Classification: 2CSR; WTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 99 x 15. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781809733
ISBN
9780781809733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3,700 entries. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2CSR; CBDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 81 x 13. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781810449
ISBN
9780781810449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 92 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 108 x 6. Weight in Grams: 74.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781811040
ISBN
9780781811040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.65

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