Portrait of the pre-Islamic queen Ma‘wiyā in Karšūnī. Analysis of the Arabic version from its Syriac Aramaic original

  • Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala Universidad de Córdoba
Keywords: Ma‘wiyā, Michael the Great, Arabic, Syriac, Karšūnī, translation.

Abstract

In this paper we study a fragment about the Arab queen Ma‘wiyā included in the karšūnī version of Michael the Great’s Chronicle (d. 1199 BC) compared with the Syriac Vorlage. Our aim is to analyze the differences between the Syriac text and its Arabic version rendered by the translator.

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Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala, Universidad de Córdoba

Catedrático de Estudios Árabes

Área de Estudios Árabes

Facultad de Filosofía y Letras

Universidad de Córdoba

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Published
2015-08-03
How to Cite
Monferrer Sala J. P. (2015). Portrait of the pre-Islamic queen Ma‘wiyā in Karšūnī. Analysis of the Arabic version from its Syriac Aramaic original. Anaquel de Estudios Árabes, 26, 201-212. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ANQE.2015.v26.46697
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