Ṭālūt and the Jew. Analysis of the historiographical evolution of an account

Authors

  • Luis Molina Escuela de Estudios Árabes-CSIC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/alqantara.2011.v32.i2.268

Keywords:

Arabic Historiography, Al-Andalus, Ibn al-Qūṭiyya, Textual criticism

Abstract


The present paper deals with the account of the faqīh Ṭālūt’s vicissitudes, which originated in Ibn al-Qūṭiyya’s work and was reproduced by several Andalusi and Eastern authors. From the historiographical analysis of that account we can conclude that the fact that some of these authors concur on reproducing a large version is due to their derivation from a common subarchetype, which was responsible for the rhetorical amplification of Ibn al-Qūṭiyya’s original text. Therefore, the existence of a large version of Ibn al-Qūṭiyya’s chronicle must be ruled out.

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Published

2011-12-30

How to Cite

Molina, L. (2011). Ṭālūt and the Jew. Analysis of the historiographical evolution of an account. Al-Qanṭara, 32(2), 533–557. https://doi.org/10.3989/alqantara.2011.v32.i2.268

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