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  • Record Number: 45956
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Ibn Hazm
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  • Title: Ibn Hazm Critiques the Christian Gospels and Explores the Nature of Love
  • Source: Texts from the Middle: Documents from the Mediterranean World, 650–1650.  Edited by Thomas E. Burman, Brian A. Catlos and Mark D. Meyerson.  University of California Press, 2022.  Pages 59 - 61.
  • Description: This excerpt comes from Ibn Hazm's treatise on erotic love, Collar of the Dove. It focuses on the psychology of erotic love.
  • Article Type: Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Arabic Literature Eroticism Love Sexuality
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  • Geographic Area: Iberia
  • Century: 11
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  • Related Resources: The text is from Ring of the Dove: A Treatise on the Art and Practice of Arab Love, trans. A.J. Arberry (Luzac and Company, 1953), pp. 68, 73.
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  • Year of Publication: 2022.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9780520296534