Close Relationships is Geert Jan van Gelder's 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. The pre-Islamic Arabs knew about the dangers of inbreeding; the Qur'an formulates the basic principles of marriage impediments in Islam, which were elaborated by generations of jurists. 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.
| ISBN: | 9781850438557 |
| Publication date: | 24th March 2005 |
| Author: | Jan Van Gelder |
| Publisher: | I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Library of Middle East History |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |
Close Relationships is Geert Jan van Gelder's 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. The pre-Islamic Arabs knew about the dangers of inbreeding; the Qur'an formulates the basic principles of marriage impediments in Islam, which were elaborated by generations of jurists.
Close Relationships features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
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Close Relationships was written by Jan Van Gelder and published by I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Close Relationships has 288 pages
Yes it is part of Library of Middle East History series