Close Relationships : Incest and Inbreeding in Classical Arabic Literature

Close Relationships : Incest and Inbreeding in Classical Arabic Literature

Author
Geert Jan van Gelder
Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Language
English
Year
2005
ISBN
1850438552,9781850438557
File Type
pdf
File Size
10.6 MiB

This is a groundbreaking and comprehensive study of the diverse facts and opinions concerning incest and close-kin marriage found in literary and non-literary pre-modern Arabic texts. Incest is a motif found in lampoons, anecdotes, stories, legends, dream interpretation, and polemics with other religions, in particular the Zoroastrians, who in pre-Islamic times allegedly recommended next-of-kin marriage. Many of the relevant passages are presented as English translations in this richly documented book that will be of interest to philologists and students of Arabic literature or Islamic culture.

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