LEADER 04992nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910792123803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-06138-4 010 $a9786613061386 010 $a90-474-2762-9 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004174160.i-280 035 $a(CKB)2610000000001519 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000399511 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11292786 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000399511 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10386122 035 $a(PQKB)10714245 035 $a(OCoLC)298541206 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047427629 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL682249 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10461362 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL306138 035 $a(OCoLC)711004473 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC682249 035 $a(PPN)170413845 035 $a(EXLCZ)992610000000001519 100 $a20090106d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGog and Magog in early Syriac and Islamic sources$b[electronic resource] $eSallam's quest for Alexander's wall /$fedited by Emeri van Donzel, Andrea Schmidt ; with a contribution by Claudia Ott 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2009 215 $axviii, 279 p 225 1 $aBrill's Inner Asian library,$x1566-7162 ;$vv. 22 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a90-04-17416-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tPreliminary Materials /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt --$tChapter 1. Gog And Magog In Pre-Islamic, Jewish And Christian Sources /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt --$tChapter 2. Alexander And Gog And Magog In Eastern Christian Sources /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt --$tChapter 3. Gog And Magog And Alexander ?The Two-Horned? In The Koran /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt --$tChapter 4. Gog And Magog In Islamic Tradition /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt --$tChapter 5. Gog And Magog In Mediaeval Arabic, Persian And Turkish Pros /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt --$tChapter 6. Gog And Magog And The Barrier In Arab Poetry, Adab Literature, Popular Epics And Anecdotes /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt --$tChapter 7. Sallam?S Travel Account To The Barrier Of Gog And Magog /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt --$t1. Sallam Al-Tardjuman?Interpreter And Traveller /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt --$tChapter 8. Gog And Magog And The Barrier: The Origin Of Sallam?S Description /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt --$tChapter 9. The Political Landscape In Samarra, The Caucasus And Central Asia In The 8th And First Half Of The 9th Century /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt --$tChapter 10. Sallam?S Outward Journey:Samarra-Yumenguan /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt --$tChapter 11. Destination Reached /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt --$tChapter 12. Sallam?S Homeward Journey: Yumenguan-Samarra (Ca. December 843/January 844-December 844/January 845) /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt --$tConclusion /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt --$tBibliography /$rE.J. Van Donzel and A.B. Schmidt. 330 $aAlexander's alleged Wall against Gog and Magog, often connected with the enclosure of the apocalyptic people, was a widespread theme among Syriac Christians in Mesopotamia. In the ninth century Sallam the Interpreter dictated an account of his search for the barrier to the Arab geographer Ibn Khurradadhbih. The reliability of Sallam's journey from Samarra to Western China and back (842-45), however, has always been a highly contested issue. Van Donzel and Schmidt consider the travel account as historical. This volume presents a translation of the source while at the same time it carefully looks into other Eastern Christian and Muslim traditions of the famous lore. A comprehensive survey reconstructs the political and topographical data. As so many other examples, also this story pays witness to the influence of the Syriac Christian tradition on Koran and Muslim Traditions. 410 0$aBrill's Inner Asian library ;$vv. 22. 606 $aSyriac literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aIslamic literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aApocalyptic literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHistoric sites$zAsia 607 $aAsia$xHistory, Local 607 $aAsia$xDescription and travel 607 $aAsia$xDescription and travel$vSources 615 0$aSyriac literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aIslamic literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aApocalyptic literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHistoric sites 676 $a892.3 701 $aDonzel$b E. J. van$01518414 701 $aSchmidt$b Andrea B.$f1959-$01518415 701 $aOtt$b Claudia$01518416 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792123803321 996 $aGog and Magog in early Syriac and Islamic sources$93755996 997 $aUNINA