The Damascus Psalm Fragment. Middle Arabic and the Legacy of Old Higazi, Paperback/Ahmad Al-Jallad

The Damascus Palm Fragment investigates Arabic's transformative historical phase, the passage from the pre-Islamic to the Islamic period, through a new approach. It presents a scenario for the emergence of standard Classical Arabic as the literary language of the late eighth century and beyond. Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Author(s): Ahmad Al-Jallad Illustration(s): 31 illus. Number of pages: 160 Collection: Late Antique and Medieval Islamic Near East Publication date: 2020 Dimensions: 179 x 254 x 13 Cover type: Paperback / softback