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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/37220| Title: | Al-bahr - il-bahar : Arab-Maltese shared awareness of the chaotic primeval element |
| Authors: | Zammit, Martin R. |
| Keywords: | Maltese language -- Foreign elements -- Arabic Maltese language -- Dialects Arabic language -- Dialects Mediterranean Sea -- History |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Faculty of Arts |
| Citation: | Zammit, M. R. (2003). Al-bahr – il-baħar: Arab-Maltese shared awareness of the chaotic primeval element. Humanitas: Journal of the Faculty of Arts, 2, 173-194. |
| Abstract: | This paper presents an overview of the role played by the sea in the variolls cosmogonies and cosmographies of the ancient Semitic peoples. It also takes into consideration the function of the Sea from the standpoint of the Semitic holy books. This is followed by a discussion of a number of Maltese and Arabic (classical alld dialectal) proverbs from a number of Mediterranean countries with a view to assessing the various connotations associated with the sea, and to what extent these reflect the Semitic mythological and monotheistic heritage. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/37220 |
| Appears in Collections: | Humanitas : volume 2 : 2003 Humanitas : volume 2 : 2003 Scholarly Works - FacArtMEALC |
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