Description
W. M. Thackston's AN INTRODUCTION TO KORANIC AND CLASSICAL ARABIC is an elementary-level grammar of standard classical Arabic, the literary norm of the Arabic language that has not changed appreciably in fourteen hundred years. An indispensable tool for all who are interested in Islamic religion, science, and literature, the language presented in this book will enable the learner to study firsthand the primary sources of Islamic civilization and the classics of the Islamic Near East.
W. M. Thackston is Professor of the Practice in Persian and Other Near Eastern Languages at Harvard University, where he has taught Persian and Arabic for over twenty years. Author of numerous books and articles on the languages and literatures of the Near East, his works include a new English translation of the Baburnama, A Century of Princes: Sources on Timurid History and Art, and Tales from Luristan: Tales, Fables and Folk Poetry from the Lur of Bala-Gariva.
Author: Wheeler M. Thackston
Publisher: Ibex Publishers
Published: 01/04/1994
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.10w x 0.93d
ISBN13: 9780936347400
ISBN10: 0936347406
BISAC Categories:
- Foreign Language Study | Arabic
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