Book

by Touati, Houari

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The Arabic term for “ book ,” kitāb (a noun related to kataba , “to write”) encompasses every kind of graphic activity from the simplest to the most elaborate. The latter covers the whole gamut from inscription to letter, contract to administrative archive, reminder note to book. As this article aims to elucidate the relationship between the book and Arabo-Islamic culture, the first question to ask is whether the Qurʾān, as a founding text, is the first book in Islam. 1. How the Qurʾān became a…

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The Arabic term for “ book ,” kitāb (a noun related to kataba , “to write”) encompasses every kind of graphic activity from the simplest to the most elaborate. The latter covers the whole gamut from inscription to letter, contract to administrative archive, reminder note to book. As this article aims to elucidate the relationship between the book and Arabo-Islamic culture, the first question to ask is whether the Qurʾān, as a founding text, is the first book in Islam. 1. How the Qurʾān became a book By adopting the form of

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei1512

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eng Islam

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Touati, Houari

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