The World in a Book: Al-Nuwayri and the Islamic Encyclopedic Tradition
Elias Muhanna examines Al-Nuwayri and the Islamic encyclopedic tradition in this focused study of books, knowledge, and world-making. By centering an encyclopedic approach to understanding the world, the book offers readers a historical perspective on the organization and transmission of knowledge.
About This Book
The World in a Book focuses on Al-Nuwayri and the Islamic encyclopedic tradition.
Elias Muhanna examines the relationship between books, knowledge, and the effort to describe the world through an encyclopedic work.
The book offers a historical and intellectual perspective on Islamic approaches to organizing knowledge in written form.
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