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Al-waṭwāṭ’s description of Jewish festivals – Probing the sources of his knowledge

Mazuz, Haggai (2018) Al-waṭwāṭ’s description of Jewish festivals – Probing the sources of his knowledge. Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 71 (4). pp. 443-453. ISSN 0001-6446

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Abstract

The Egyptian historian Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Yaḥyā.al-Kutubī, known as al-Waṭ- wāṭ (1235 – 1318 CE), in his Mabāhij al-Fikar wa-Manāhij al-ʿIbar, describes seven Jewish festivals. This paper references these descriptions and attempts to trace their provenance. It is found that many of his descriptions are sourced to two earlier Muslim scholars. Some apparent analogies and allusions, however, are found between al-Waṭwāṭ’s accounts and a broad array of Jewish sources.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: D History General and Old World / történelem > D0 History (General) / történelem általában
P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak
Depositing User: Ágnes Sallai
Date Deposited: 09 Jan 2019 07:17
Last Modified: 31 Dec 2020 00:27
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/89448

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