Chrestomathie De Papyrologie Arabe: Documents Relatifs A La Vie Privee, Sociale Et Administrative Dans Les Premiers Siecles Islamiques.

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En 1954 paraissait l'Introduction l' itude de la papyrologie arabe de Grohmann, dont il a donni en 1966 un grand risumi dans la sirie "Handbuch der Orientalistik. Le second volume, c'est--dire la Chrestomathie, ne vit malheureusement jamais le jour, du vivant de l'auteur, qui s'est iteint en 1977. Ce volume, prisenti ici, apporte, aprhs une introduction ginirale sur l'histoire de sa genhse et l'ivolution de la papyrologie arabe jusque vers 1990, un ensemble de 98 documents arabes, la plupart sur papyrus, dont une quarantaine sont publiis pour la premihre fois ici. Pour plus d'efficaciti et pour englober le maximum d' aspects utiles aux chercheurs des diffirentes disciplines intiressies, le plan initial de l'auteur a iti modifii et ilargi de plusieurs domaines, ce qui fait que nous avons les parties suivantes: I-Textes de protocoles: bilingues et unilingues. II-Textes juridiques contenant des documents concernant: A-Le droit personnel-le droit matrimonial-B-Des relations d'affaires-C-Le droit hiriditaire-D-Les procidures judiciaires-E- Des formulaires et esquisses de documents. III-Textes adminitratifs. IV-Lettres privies d'affaires. Enfin un glossaire arabe-frangais-allemand, une bibliographie et des index. Ainsi congue, cette Chrestomathie se propose de servir comme instrument de travail toutes les disciplines intiressies l'itude de la vie privie, sociale et administrative des premiers sihcles islamiques, travers des documents authentiques, dont la valeur est d'autant plus grande, qu'ils sont souvent uniques dans leur genre, pour l'itude de ces problhmes dans la culture arabo-islamique en giniral. Les documents sont accompagnies d'une traduction frangaise, et de notes ce qui enrend l'usage aisi pour les non arabisants, comme les thiologiens, les juristes, les historiens, les sociologues et d'autres. Although Grohman's "Einf]hrung in die arabische Papyruskunde appeared already in 1954 and was the subject of a major resumi in 1966 (in "Handbuch der Orientalistik), the appearance of the second volume, which would have been the chrestomathy, was prevented by the death of the great scholar in 1977. The volume here on offer presents, after a general introduction explaining the genesis of the book itself as well as the evolution of Arabic papyrology until 1990, a corpus of 98 Arabic documents, mostly on papyrus. About forty of these are published here for the first time. With a view to making the work as user friendly as possible, and to encapsulate the maximum number of areas of potential use for interested scholars from different disciplines, Grohman's original plan has been modified and expanded in the following areas: I- protocol texts: mono- and bilingual. II- legal texts, containing the following documents: A. personal and matrimonial law. B. business documents. C. heridatory law. D. legal cases. E. Formularies and type-documents. III- administrative texts. IV private business letters. These are followed by an Arabic-French-German glossary, a bibliography, and full indices. Conceived in this manner, this chrestomathy is intended to function as a research tool for all disciplines concerned with the study of the private, social, and administrative life of the first few centuries of Islam, through the medium of original documents of undisputed authenticity many of which have special interest even within their own genres. Within this material much will befound of relevance for the study of the afore mentioned areas of research within the arabic Islamic culture. The documents are accompanied by a French translation, and notes intended also to facilitate their use by non-Arabists, such as theologians, legal experts, historians, sociologists etc..

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