The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors
| Author | : William C Young |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 374 |
| Release | : 2024-03-28 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789004690400 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9004690409 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (409 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors by : William C Young
Download or read book The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors written by William C Young and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Arab world, people belong to kinship groups that are named after wolves, birds, and plants. Why these names? Young's book questions old explanations and suggests a new hypothesis: Bedouin tribes use such names to obscure internal cleavages.