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Wine, Women, and Revenge in Near Eastern Historiography

The Tales of Tomyris, Judith, Zenobia, and Jalila

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ID9069058
AuthorsJohan Weststeijn (University of Amsterdam, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume75
Issue1
Pages91-107
Publication date2016-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Near Eastern Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2968 • E-ISSN: 1545-6978
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/684976
OpenAlexW2340349898
LanguageEN
References cited13

ad), 6 but her story probably already circulated in a similar form among Christian Arabs before Islam. 7 Fourth and finally is the opening episode from the Story of al-Zir, an orally transmitted folk epic set in pre-Islamic times (5th c. ad), popular among both Muslim and Christian Arabs, 8 and written down in Middle Arabic in various recensions since the 18th c. ad

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