The story of Aḥiḳar from the Syriac, Arabic, Armenian, Ethiopic, Greek and Slavonic versions
By: by F.C. Conybeare, J. Rendel Harris, and Agnes Smith Lewis.
Contributors: Conybeare, F. C. 1856-1924, ed.; Harris, J. Rendel 1852-1941, joint ed.; Lewis, Agnes Smith, 1843-1926, joint ed.
Publisher: C.J. Clay and Sons
Published: 1898
Place of publication: London [etc.]
Language: eng; ara; arm; grc; syr
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Literature, Comparative
Notes: The introduction, by J. Rendel Harris, deals with the relation of the story of Aḥiḳar, found in the "Arabian nights" and elsewhere, to the apocryphal Book of Tobit; it also discusses the resemblance of Aḥiḳar to Loḳman and to Aesop, "two characters ... already shown to be identical".
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Slavonic translation.; title: Armenian translaton.; title: Syriac translation.; title: Æthiopic translation.; title: Arabic translation.; title: Greek text.; title: Armenian text.; title: Syriac text.; title: Arabic text.