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Bidding Information
Lot #    11234
Auction End Date    8/16/2005 11:46:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    The Bible, the Koran, and the Talmud
Author    Dr. Gustav Weil
City    New York
Publisher    Harper & Brothers
Publication Date    1846
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    264; (4 ads) pp., 181:110 mm., light ag estaining, stamps, wide margins. A very good copy bound in contemporary cloth boards, rubbed and split.
          
Detailed
Description		    A collection of Islamic stories of the prophets, a genre which has been popular in the world of Islam. Most of the characters present in the stories are the same prophets which are familiar from the Bible and other Jewish and Christian sources. (Notable exceptions to this are Hud and Salih, and Al Chidhr, who appears in the story of Moses.) The selections and translations appear to be fair and accurate, the commentary is critical of Islam throughout.

Title: The Bible, the Koran, and the Talmud; or, Biblical Legenda of the Mussulmans. Compiled from Arabic Sources, and compared with Jewish traditions. By Dr. G. Weil, Librarian of the University of Heidelberg, Fellow of the Asiatic Society of Paris... translated from the original German with occasional notes....
          
Reference
Description		    Rosebach 598; Singerman 0959
        
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
America-South America:    Checked
  
Subject
History:    Checked
Other:    Religion
  
Characteristic
Language:    English
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica