Ricci, Ronit

Islam translated literature, conversion, and the Arabic cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia / [Texte imprimé] : Ronit Ricci - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, cop. 2011 - 1 vol. (XVI-313 p.) : cartes ; 24 cm - South Asia across the disciplines . - South Asia across the disciplines (The University of Chicago Press, Chicago) .

Bibliogr. p. [273]-298

Arabic cosmopolis? -- Translation -- On "translation" and its untranslatability -- The Book of Samud: a Javanese literary tradition -- The Ayira Macala: Tamil questions and marvels -- Seribu Masalah: the Malay Book of One Thousand Questions -- Conversion -- Cosmopolitan in translation: Arabic's distant travels -- Conversion to Islam and the Book of One Thousand Questions -- A Jew on Java, a model Malay rabbi, and a Tamil Torah scholar -- The Arabic cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia

978-0-226-71088-4

Islamic literature--Southeast Asia--Translations--History and criticism Southeast Asian literature--Islamic influences Muslim converts from Judaism--Early works to 1800--Translations--History and criticism

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