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The Story of Joseph: A Fourteenth-Century Turkish Morality Play by Sheyyad Hamza (Middle East Literature In Translation)
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Hardcover. Sheyyad Hamzas 14th century Anatolian Turkish poem, a retelling of the ancient Joseph Story has inspiration both in popular preaching and oral story telling. A lively and often moving story, it reflects aspects of the popular culture of its time. Translator(s): Hickman, Bill. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDT; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
At the heart of this volume is the translation of a fourteenth-century Turkish version of the Joseph story, better known to Western readers from the version in Genesis, first book of the Hebrew Bible. Hickman provides us with a new lens: we see the drama of the Old Testament prophet Joseph, son of Jacob, through Muslim eyes. The poem’s author, Sheyyad Hamza, lived in Anatolia during the early days of the Ottoman Empire. Hamza’s composition is rooted in the recondite and little-studied tradition of oral performance—a unique corner of Turkish verbal arts, situated between minstrelsy and the ""divan"" tradition—combining the ... Read more
At the heart of this volume is the translation of a fourteenth-century Turkish version of the Joseph story, better known to Western readers from the version in Genesis, first book of the Hebrew Bible. Hickman provides us with a new lens: we see the drama of the Old Testament prophet Joseph, son of Jacob, through Muslim eyes. The poem’s author, Sheyyad Hamza, lived in Anatolia during the early days of the Ottoman Empire. Hamza’s composition is rooted in the recondite and little-studied tradition of oral performance—a unique corner of Turkish verbal arts, situated between minstrelsy and the ""divan"" tradition—combining the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815633570
SKU
V9780815633570
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Ref
99-99
About
Bill Hickman is former associate professor of Turkish language and literature at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, now retired.
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