Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books

by James E. Montgomery

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748683321
• ISBN13: 9780748683321
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.4"