Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books

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.

• | Author: James E. Montgomery
• | Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 13, 2013
• | Number of Pages: 592 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0748683321
• | ISBN-13: 9780748683321