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Paperback. Unlike the literary traditions of the United States, England, and France, the first century of Hebrew literature was lacking in women novelists; women tended to write poetry, while prose fiction was mainly the domain of male writers. This book presents a comparative analysis of Israeli fiction by women and some of its Western models. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231111478
ISBN
9780231111478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Hardcover. Al-Khalil was distinguished in his own time as a lexicographer, phonologist, grammarian, educator and musicologist. This is an interdisciplinary collection that explores the contributions to Arabic intellectual history of al-Khalil ibn Ahmad, (d AH 175/AD 791). Editor(s): Ryding, Karin C. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; BG; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878406630
ISBN
9780878406630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.20

Hardcover. Editor(s): Roth, Martha T. Num Pages: 510 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSB; CBDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 284 x 209 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1579.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885923424
ISBN
9781885923424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.33

Hardcover. Editor(s): Roth, Martha T. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSB; CBDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 288 x 208 x 19. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885923431
ISBN
9781885923431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.11

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Loki Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780952942641
ISBN
9780952942641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

hardcover. A study that presents a hermeneutically sophisticated examination of Jewish ways of knowing as evidenced in the writings of the Hebrew Bible. Keenly aware of the philosophical and cultural currents in epistemology from ancient history to today, it focuses on the peculiarities of the ancient Hebraic traditions. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Germany
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9783525530894
ISBN
9783525530894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 69 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
69
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936347516
ISBN
9780936347516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.01

Hardcover. Editor(s): Sadr, Houshang Keshavarz; Akbari, Hamid. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2CSR; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588140265
ISBN
9781588140265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.01
€ 74.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Kowsari, Hossein. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; 2CSR; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936347820
ISBN
9780936347820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.51
€ 48.20

Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 175 x 27. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772896120
ISBN
9788772896120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.35

Paperback. Includes a text in Danish and Arabic. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776741600
ISBN
9788776741600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. This collection brings together essays by authorities in the field on nine contemporary Arab women novelists from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine. The works focus on texts available in English translations and explore topics such as the relationship of the authors' texts to societal change. Editor(s): Majaj, Lisa Suhair; Sunderman, Paula; Saliba, Therese. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DN; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629764
ISBN
9780815629764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.19

paperback. Illustrator(s): Kahn, Katherine Janus. Num Pages: 24 pages, Col.ill. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; YND; YNR. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 250 x 166 x 2. Weight in Grams: 86.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kar-Ben United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
24
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929371290
ISBN
9780929371290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.83

Paperback. Explores the realities and challenges of teaching Arabic as a foreign language. This title covers such topics as: the state of the Arabic teaching profession; the institutional challenges in US and study-abroad programs; the varieties of Arabic and their relevance in the classroom; the uses of technology in the classroom; and, testing. Editor(s): Al-Batal, Mahmoud. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The American Association of Teachers of Arabic United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780962153099
ISBN
9780962153099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.52

Paperback. Presents a brief history about the Jews in Babylon (Iraq), and their Hebrew creativity. This book focuses on the years 1735-1950 and presents the secular Hebrew poetry written in Babylon at that time, the folktales, journalistic articles, and epistles, research of Hebrew literature, a story and a play. Num Pages: 247 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2CSJ; DSB; HBJF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557535146
ISBN
9781557535146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.17

Hardback. Suitable for advanced learners of Arabic who are interested in how to analyze and accurately translate nonfiction Arabic texts. This title presents a functional approach that de-emphasizes word-for-word translation in favor of a new approach that values communication and faithfulness to content and intent. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2CSR; CFP; CJB; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 289 x 187 x 23. Weight in Grams: 770.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626162921
ISBN
9781626162921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.83

Paperback. This tender memoir chronicles the early years of Sayyid Qutb, one of Egypt's most influential radical Islamist thinkers and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; 3JJ; BM; DSBH; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610755
ISBN
9780815610755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.52

Hardcover. This is the first study in English of French-language fiction by Lebanese women writers and therefore brings a relatively unknown literary tradition to light. Series: Middle East Studies Beyond Dominant Paradigms. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 2ADF; 2CSR; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633563
ISBN
9780815633563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.89

Hardcover. The emergence of Zionism in the late nineteenth century and the evolution of Zionist society in Palestine were profoundly influenced by the Hebrew literature of the day. This book traces the tensions between the extraliterary - the historical, social, and political - and the literary - the aesthetic, formal, and stylistic - in Hebrew fiction. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631576
ISBN
9780815631576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.30

Hardcover. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632597
ISBN
9780815632597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.34

hardcover. Provides students at the intermediate-advanced Arabic language level the opportunity to engage with an award-winning work of contemporary fiction. This novel is a coming-of-age story of a half-Filippino, half-Kuwaiti teen who returns to his father's Kuwait. Editor(s): Familiar, Laila; Assaf, Tanit. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white halftones, 3 b&w photos, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 693.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Edition
Abridged
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626163973
ISBN
9781626163973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.58

hardcover. How choosing a language created a people Series: Traditions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 photographs; 2 tables. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; CFF; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252032844
ISBN
9780252032844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Paperback. First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Translator(s): Colville, Professor Jim. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DNF; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 589.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138982116
ISBN
9781138982116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

Paperback. Editor(s): Wright, W. Series: Dover Language Guides. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Dover Publications
Edition
3rd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486441290
ISBN
9780486441290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.33

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