TY - JOUR
TI - Christian Arabic and Garšūnī Versions of Sindbad the Sailor: An Overview
AU - Braida, Emanuela
TI - Christian Arabic and Garšūnī Versions of Sindbad the Sailor: An Overview
AB - 
	Although the story of ‟Sindbad the Sailor” is one of the best-knownn tales of the Arabian Nights, many readers are still unaware of the fact that this story was not originally part of the Arabian Nights and the oldest Arabic versions we know were preserved in independent manuscripts often circulated within the Arabic Christian milieu. This article aims to present six Garšūnī (Arabic Christian) versions of Sindbad hitherto neglected (i.e. MSS Mardin CFMM 306, ff. 65b–109a; Gotha HB 2652, ff. 8b–35b; Aleppo SOAA 124 M, ff. 85b–162a; Birmingham Mingana syr. 146, ff. 45a–65a; Birmingham Mingana syr. 463, ff. 79a– 121b; and London British Library Or. 4437, ff. 109–169), as well as an overview of the Arabic corpus of the independent versions of the story. The study is part of the research project entitled ‟La formazione del romanzo in area vicino-orientale nel periodo post-classico (1200–1800): i Sette Viaggi di Sindbād il marinaio”, carried out at the University of Turin.
VL - 2016
IS - 3 (1/2016)
PY - 2016
SN - 2450-2561
C1 - 2450-6249
SP - 7
EP - 28
DO - 10.4467/24506249PJ.16.001.5134
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/pjacns/artykul/christian-arabic-and-garsuni-versions-of-sindbad-the-sailor-an-overview
KW - Sindbad the Sailor
KW - Arabian Nights
KW - Garshuni
KW - Arabic Christian literature
KW - Antoine Galland
KW - Pétis de la Croix
KW - Hanna Diyab
KW - Louis M. Langlès