: literature, conversion, and the Arabic cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Ronit Ricci.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
; London
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: University of Chicago Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvi, 313 p.
Other Physical Details
: ill.
Dimensions
; 24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
South Asia across the disciplines
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-298) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Arabic cosmopolis? -- Translation -- On "translation" and its untranslatability -- The Book of Samud: a Javanese literary tradition -- The Ayira Macala: Tamil questions and marvels -- Seribu Masalah: the Malay Book of One Thousand Questions -- Conversion -- Cosmopolitan in translation: Arabic's distant travels -- Conversion to Islam and the Book of One Thousand Questions -- A Jew on Java, a model Malay rabbi, and a Tamil Torah scholar -- The Arabic cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia.
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TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Book of one thousand questions-- Translations-- History and criticism.
Kitab masail Abd Allah ibn Salam lil-Nabi.
Serat Samud.
Ayira macala.
Hikayat seribu masalah.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Islamic literature-- Southeast Asia-- Translations-- History and criticism.
Southeast Asian literature-- Islamic influences.
Muslim converts from Judaism-- Early works to 1800-- Translations-- History and criticism.