Gog and Magog in early eastern Christian and Islamic sources : Sallam's quest for Alexander's wall / by Emeri van Donzel, Andrea Schmidt ; with a contribution by Claudia Ott.

• Gog and Magog in pre-Islamic, Jewish and Christian sources. Names and identification of Gog and Magog ; The Bible ; Jewish literature ; The Sibylline Oracles ; Flavius Josephus ; Early Christian literature -- Alexander and Gog and Magog in early Oriental Christian sources. The Syriac Alexander romance ; The Syriac Alexander legend ; The Syriac Alexander poem ; A Syriac sermon on the last days ; The Syriac apocalypse of pseudo-Methodius ; The chronicle of Michael the Syrian ; The Coptic and Ethiopic Alexander romance ; The Coptic apocalypses ; The Armenian tradition ; The Georgian tradition -- Gog and Magog and Iskandar " the two-horned one" in the Koran. Koran XVIII:83-98 ; Koran XXI:95-96 ; Rudi Paret's commentary on Koran XVIII:82ff ; Barrier/Rampart/Gate (sadd/radm/bab) -- Gog and Magog in Islamic tradition. The Sunni collections ; The Shi'i collections ; Koran commentators and Arab lexicographers ; Common themes -- Gog and Magog in mediaeval Arabic, Persian and Turkish prose. Common themes -- Gog and Magog and the barrier in Arab poetry, Adab literature, popular epics and anecdotes. Arab poetry ; Adab literature ; Epic literature ; Anecdotes ; Persian and Turkish verse ; Some modern works in Arabic -- Sallam's journey and the barrier of "the two-horned one". Interpreter and traveller ; The travel account : text and translation ; Arab authors ; Sallam's travel account in Persian sources ; Criticism on Sallam's travel account by some Arab and Western authors -- Gog and Magog and the barrier : the origin of Sallam's description. Early Arabo-Muslim poets and the Syriac tradition ; Islamic traditionists ; The barrier as described in the Syriac tradition compared with Sallam's description -- The background to the journey. The political environment ; Reasons for the journey ; Sallam's journey and the so-called map of Caliph al-Ma'mun ; Dates of the journey -- The outward journey : Samarra-Yumenguan (ca. July-August 842-November-December 843). Samarra-Tiflis ; The master of Sarir ; The king of the Alans ; The Filan-shah ; The Khazars ; The Bashkirts ; The fetid land, and the Turks in Central Asia ; Dzungaria ; The Tarim Basin ; Qocho, and the Christian presence in Eastern Turkestan ; Fortified places ; Igu ; Igu-Anxi ; Igu/Hami-Dunhuang ; Dunhuang ; Summary of the outward journey ; Distances and duration -- Yumenguang : destination reached. Yumenguan or the Jade Gate ; Various locations ; Abu Dulaf's Risala and Sallam's account ; Yumenguan : the gate to the West ; Yumenguan : the barrier of "the two-horned one"? -- The homeward journey : Yumenguan-Samarra (ca. December 843/January 844-December 844/January 845). The itinerary ; Zuanzang's itinerary ; Stages ; Summary of the homeworld journey ; Distances and duration of the journey.

Ämnesord

Det apokalyptiska i litteraturen  (sao)

Motiv i litteraturen  (sao)

Syrisk litteratur  -- historia (sao)

Syriac literature  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Islamic literature  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Apocalyptic literature  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Historic sites  -- Asia. (LCSH)

Islamisk litteratur  -- historia (sao)

Apocalyptic literature  (LCSH)

Asia  -- History, Local. (LCSH)

Asia  -- Description and travel. (LCSH)

Asia  -- Description and travel -- Sources. (LCSH)

Personnamn

Sallām, al-Turjumān, fl. 842-844 -- Travel -- Asia.

Alexander den store, 356 f.Kr.-323 f.Kr.

Klassifikation

PJ5607.A44 (LCC)

892.3 (DDC)