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Home > Biographies & Memoire > Literature: history and criticism > Literary studies: general > Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval > The Book of Noble Character: Critical Edition of Makarim al-akhlaq wa-ma?asin al-adab wa-bada?i? al-aw?af wa-ghara?ib al-tashbihat, Attributed to Abu Man?ur al-Tha?alibi (d. 429(120 Islamic History and Civilization)
The Book of Noble Character: Critical Edition of Makarim al-akhlaq wa-ma?asin al-adab wa-bada?i? al-aw?af wa-ghara?ib al-tashbihat, Attributed to Abu Man?ur al-Tha?alibi (d. 429(120 Islamic History and Civilization)

The Book of Noble Character: Critical Edition of Makarim al-akhlaq wa-ma?asin al-adab wa-bada?i? al-aw?af wa-ghara?ib al-tashbihat, Attributed to Abu Man?ur al-Tha?alibi (d. 429(120 Islamic History and Civilization)


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This critical Arabic text edition of K. Makārim al-akhlāq wa-maḥāsin al-ādāb wa-badāʾiʿ al-awṣāf wa-gharāʾib al-tashbīhāt(Book of Noble Character, Excellent Conduct, Admirable Descriptions, and Curious Similes) is a substantial work of adab attributed to the prominent littérateur Abū Manṣūr al-Thaʿālibī (d. 429/1039) that consists of a short introduction and three chapters. The first chapter addresses acquiring noble character and excellent conduct (al-taḥallī bi-makārim al-akhlāq wa-maḥāsin al-ādāb); the second addresses shunning away from base character and ugly traits (al-tazakkī ʿan masāwiʾ al-akhlāq wa-maqābiḥ al-shiyam); and the third addresses admirable descriptions and curious similes (badāʾiʿ al-awṣāf wa-gharāʾib al-tashbīhāt). At the end of the text one finds a relatively large collection of widely circulating proverbs (amthāl sāʾira) that are alphabetically arranged. Makārim al-akhlāq is in essence an anthology of “good conduct” and of quotations suitable for social and literary discourse. It reflects the three ingredients of adab: behavior, literary culture, and learning. The work is introduced by an analytical study discussing the attribution of the work, the related genres, and the unique manuscript of the text.

About the Author :
Bilal Orfali, Ph.D. (2009), Yale University, is Associate Professor of Arabic Studies at the American University of Beirut and the M.S. Sofia Chair in Arabic Studies at the Ohio State University. He is the editor of In the Shadow of Arabic, BRILL (2011), Sufism, Black and White, with Naada Saab, BRILL (2012) and The Comfort of the Mystics, with Gerhard Böwering, BRILL (2013)

Ramzi Baalbaki, PhD (1978), University of London, is the Margaret Weyerhaeuser Jewett Professor of Arabic at the American University of Beirut. He is also the Chair of the Academic Council of the Doha Arabic Historical Dictionary project. He has published extensively both in English and Arabic on the history of the Arabic grammatical and lexicographical traditions. He is the author of The Legacy of the , BRILL (2008) and The Arabic Lexicographical Tradition, BRILL (2014)




Review :
يعلق الباحثان الأرفه لي وبعلبكي في مقدمة الكتاب على المخطوط، وهما من أكابر العلماء والمحققين اليوم، على وضوح خط الناسخ ودقته في النسخ. ويدفعني هنا
الإعدجاب الأكاديمي والجمالي وفي إخراج الكتاب للتعليق على الأهمية الأكاديمية التي يحملها الكتاب لدراسي فن المختارات الأدبية والأدب العربي عامة، وعلى جمالية اختيار لوحة فنية للأستاذ الدكتور سامي مكارم "آفة الغلم الغرور" غلافا للكتاب، خاصة وأن الكتاب مهدى إلى سامي مكارم زميل المحققين في الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت.
علاء كيالي، المشرق 91/2، تموز-كانون الأول 2017
Alaa Kayali, al-Mashriq 91/2, July-December 2017

"...يعكف المحققان على التعريف بهذا النوع الأدبي وسرد جميع الكتب المعروفة الواقعة في دائرة هذا النوع، مما يجعل من مقدمة الكتاب مرجعا أكاديميا لا غنى عنه في مجال دراسة هذا النوع الأدبي [...] فالمقدمة بتركيزها على موقع الكتاب في التراث العربي تشكل رحلة بين أنواع أدبية مختلفة تصلح لأن تدرس في مساقات الأدب العربي والحضارة العربية-الإسلامية. [...] أبدع المحققان في تحقيقهما للكتاب، فضبط النص خال من الأخطاء، وقد عادا إلى كم هائل من المصادر الأولية، فحققا نسبة معظم الأقوال والأحاديث والأشعار والأمثال، وتتبعها في المصادر التي رتبت بشكل تاريخي في الهوامش."
مريم المشتاوي، الشرق الأوسط، 12 صفر 1437\24 نوفمبر 2015، العدد 13510
Maryam Mishtawi, Al-Sharq al-Awsat, 24 November 2015, issue 13510

"... die vorzügliche, an weiterführenden Materialien und Informationen so reiche Edition ist eine Fundgrube für alle, die über die Adabliteratur arbeiten."
Reinhard Weipert, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität

"This is a book valuable for Arab speaking students of theology and researchers of Islamic studies."
Stavros Nikolaidis

"This impeccable edition, which presents the text in a nice typographic form, is supplemented with a rich apparatus of notes that emphasize the intertextual relations of this anthology with other titles of the Arabic literature. [...] Indexes of the Koranic verses, Prophetic traditions, verses of poetry, proper names, places and an exhaustive bibliography complement this accurate edition that adds a precious pearl to the necklace of Arabic adab literature."
Antonella Ghersetti, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, in Quaderni di Studi Arabi 13 (2018)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789004300910
  • Publisher: Brill
  • Publisher Imprint: Brill
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 274
  • Series Title: 120 Islamic History and Civilization
  • Sub Title: Critical Edition of Makarim al-akhlaq wa-ma?asin al-adab wa-bada?i? al-aw?af wa-ghara?ib al-tashbihat, Attributed to Abu Man?ur al-Tha?alibi (d. 429
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 9004300910
  • Publisher Date: 04 Dec 2015
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: Arabic
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Weight: 775 gr


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