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.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 PDF ● 网页 288 ● ISBN 9780857711458 ● 出版者 I.B.Tauris ● 发布时间 2005 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2700313 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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