Islam translated : literature, conversion, and the Arabic cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia /
Ricci, Ronit.
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An Arabic cosmopolis? -- Translation -- On "translation" and its untranslatability -- The Book of Samud: a Javanese literary tradition -- The Tamil Ayira Macala: questions and marvels -- Seribu Masalah: the Malay Book of One Thousand Questions -- Conversion -- Cosmopolitan in translation: Arabic's distant travels -- Conversion to Islam and the Book of One Thousand Questions -- A Jew on Java, a model Malay rabbi, and a Tamil Torah scholar : representations of Abdullah Ibnu Salam and the prophet in the Book of One Thousand Questions -- Conclusion -- The Arabic cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia.
Book of one thousand questions
Kitāb masāʼil ʻAbd Allāh ibn Salām lil-Nabī.
Serat Samud.
Āyira macalā.
Hikayat seribu masalah.
Islamic literature
Southeast Asian literature
Muslim converts from Judaism