The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle EastGeorge N. Atiyeh The Book in the Islamic World brings together serious studies on the book as an intellectual entity and as a vehicle of cultural development. Written by a group of distinguished scholars, it examines and reflects upon this unique tool of communication not as a physical artifact but as a manifestation of the aspirations, values, and wisdom of Arabs and Muslims in general. The Islamic system of book production differed from that of the West. This volume shows the peculiarities of book making and the intellectual principles that governed a book's inner structure, mysteries, and impact on culture. Investigated and explained are the issues involved in printing; the compilation of the Koran, the most important book in Islam; attitudes toward books; the oral versus the written tradition; metaphors of the book in literature; biographical dictionaries, an important genre of Islamic books; the grammatical tradition; women's contribution to calligraphy; scientific manuscripts; the transition from scribal to print culture; publishing in the modern Arab World; and the new electronic media, a non-book vehicle of communication, and its impact on education. |
Contents
From Revelation to Compilation | 17 |
The Classical | 33 |
Oral Transmission and the Book in Islamic Education | 57 |
The Book of LifeMetaphors Connected with the Book | 71 |
Inner Structure and Cultural | 93 |
Development in Content | 123 |
Womens Roles in the Art of Arabic Calligraphy | 141 |
Ottoman Imperial Documents Relating to the History | 283 |
Notes on Contributors | 293 |
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