The Story of Joseph

Kyssa'i Yusuf
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-906876-05-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 180 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 757 g

Learned by heart and copied by hand in the Volga region for generations, Kyssa’i Yusuf (The Story of Joseph) is today the only surviving work by the founder of Bulgar-Tatar literature Kol Gali (1183–1236) and is here rendered into English for the first time in its entirety by Fred Beake and Ravil Bukharaev. Supporting the translation, which is fully annotated, are forty specially commissioned illustrations by one of Russia’s leading contemporary artists Azat Minnekaev. The volume also includes a facsimile of one of the newly discovered handmade copies of the nineteenth century, together with a full introduction presenting the historical and literary context of the work. Kyssa’i Yusuf, comprising over a thousand stanzas, is an Islamic version of the well known biblical tale, and is presumed to have been a ‘popularized’version based on an earlier Islamic narrative – not unlike the late-twentieth century ‘interpretation’ found in the popular musical Joseph and His Technicolour Dreamcoat. The translation will be of special interest to biblical scholars as well as students of Islamic literature and those pursuing inter-faith studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gali, Kol

Weitere Mitwirkende

Beake, Fred

Bukharaev, Ravil

Minnekaev, Azat

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Literatur & Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Map: Volga-Bulgaria, AD1200; Three Introductory Essays by Ravil Bukharaev: 1. Volga Bulgaria and the Kazan Tatars; 2. Kol Gali and His Poem; 3. Religion in The Story of Joseph; Traditional Score for the Declamation of Kyssa-i-Yusuf; On Translating The Story of Joseph – Fred Beake; Kul Gali and His Poem “Kyssa-i-Yusuf” – Professor Nurmuhammat Hisanov; The Story of Joseph; Introduction; 1 Joseph’s Dream; 2 Concerning Joseph’s Well; 3 Joseph’s Brothers Return from Abandoning Joseph; 4 The Dream of Malik Son of Daghir; 5 Story of Zuleikha; 6 The Wet Nurse Enquires about Zuleikha’s Condition; 7 On Women Slandering Zuleikha; 8 About an Arab from Canaan; 9 Joseph Is Freed from His Gaol; 10 The Story of Joseph’s First Minister; 11 Joseph’s Marriage; 12 Sojourn of the Sons of Jacob in Egypt; 13 Joseph Builds a Palace; 14 Joseph Sends His Robe to Jacob; 15 How King Reyyan Invited Prophet Jacob to His Palace; 16 Jacob Leaves Egypt; 17 Joseph Leaves Egypt; 18 Demise of Joseph, Peace Be Upon Him; Epilogue; Facsimile of the original Handwritten Text

Über Autor(innen)

Bukharaev, Ravil
Ravil Bukharaev is a well-known writer, poet, radio journalist and scholar of religious, cultural and political history of his native Tatarstan. He was born in Kazan in 1951. He is the author of more than thirty books, among which are The Model of Tatarstan Under President Mintimer Shaimiev (London/New York, 1999), Islam in Russia: the Four Seasons (London/New York, 2000). In 2005, he was awarded the M. Lomonosov Gold Medal for his contribution to Russian Arts, Science and Education and, in 2006, the State Prize of Tatarstan for his latest books of poetry. He has lived in London, UK, since 1992.