The Stories of the Prophets by Ibn Mutarrif al-Tarafi

336 Pages·2019·22.503 MB·English

by  Roberto Tottoli

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Roberto Tottoli •
The Stories of the Prophets
ISLAMKUNDLICHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN . BAND 253
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Gerd Winkelhane
KLAUS SCHWARZ VERLAG • BERLIN 2003
ISLAMKUNDLICHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN • BAND 253
The Stories of the Prophets
by Ibn Mutarrif al-Tarafi
edited with an introduction and notes
by
Roberto Tottoli
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KLAUS SCHWARZ VERLAG • BERLIN • 2003
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CONTENTS
{English section)
Preface 5
Introduction 7
1. The life and work of Ibn Mutarrif al-TarafT 7
2. Structure and sources of the Qisas al-anbiya3 10
3. The edition 17
4. Orthographical features of the manuscripts 18
Annotations on the Arabic text 21
Bibliography 111
{Arabic section)
Table of contents [V]
Text [o]
Index of names [ M V]

PREFACE
This book contains the edition, with introduction and notes, of the Qisas al-
anbiyaJ of Ibn Mutarrif al-Tarafi, taken from my PhD dissertation presented in
1996 at the Istituto Universitario Orientale of Naples, titled Le Qisas al-anbiya3
di Tarafi. This dissertation contained a detailed introduction to the qisas al-
anbiya3 genre and to Tarafi and his work, an edition of the Arabic text from the
two extant manuscripts, annotations on the text, an Italian translation and, finally,
a bibliography. Parts of the dissertation have been already published, such as the
Italian translation,1 and a few pages from the introduction which have been
included in my monograph Iprofeti biblici nella tradizione islamica.2 The Arabic
text published here reproduces that included in the dissertation with a few
amendments, while the annotations have been rewritten and translated into
English, with the addition of more recent references. The first two paragraphs of
the introduction are taken from my article "The Qisas al-anbiya3 of Ibn Mutarrif
al-Tarafi: Stories of the prophets from al-Andalus", published in al-Qantara? I
wish to express my gratitude to the editors and publishers of al-Qantara who
consented to the reproduction of these sections. The third and fourth paragraphs
of the introduction are completely rewritten versions of what appeared in my
PhD dissertation.
Many people and institutions have contributed to the completion of my
doctorate studies as well to the creation of the text published here. I wish to
firstly mention Giuseppina Igonetti for her constant assistance during the
preparation of this work. At the same time I also wish to acknowledge the
assistance of the professors of the Dipartimento di Studi e Ricerche su Africa e
Paesi Arabi of the Istituto Universitario Orientale of Naples where I carried out
most of my research, especially for their help in the acquisition of the materials.
With regard to the acquisition of the Escorial manuscript of the Qisas al-anbiyaJ
of Tarafi I am indebted to M. Fierro and the C.S.I.C. of Madrid. I am also
indebted to the Lady Davis Fellowship Trust which granted me a scholarship to
study under the supervision of M.J. Kister at the Hebrew University in the
academic year 1993-94. Finally, I would like to thank all those who discussed the
1 - Al-Tarafi, Storie dei profeti, il Melangolo, Genova, 1997.
2 - Paideia ed., Brescia, 1999, now also in English: Biblical Prophets in the Qur^än and
Muslim Literature, Curzon Press, Richmond, 2002.
3- 18(1998), 131-160.
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various questions connected to my PhD dissertation with me and those who had
the patience to read parts of this text, and offered advice and suggestions: in
particular, I wish to note Michael Lecker and Ma^mun al-Saghiiji, Claude Gilliot,
Sarab Atassi, Elie Kallas, Joseph Sadan, Giovanni Canova and above all MJ.
Kister. I am also indebted to Michael Robertson for the revision of the English
version.
Finally, I also wish to thank the Fondazione CRT (Cassa di Risparmio di
Torino) of Turin for its financial support of this publication.
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