Humor in Early Islam, by Franz Rosenthal, with an introduction by Geert Jan van Gelder

First paragraph: This book by Franz Rosenthal, a scholar in Arabic and Semitic studies, was first published in 1956 and did hardly lose any of its significance until the present day. Therefore it was a splendid initiative to have it re-edited, this time with an intelligent introduction by Geert Jan van Gelder

Humor in Early Islam, by Franz Rosenthal, with an introduction by Geert Jan van Gelder

First paragraph: This book by Franz Rosenthal, a scholar in Arabic and Semitic studies, was first published in 1956 and did hardly lose any of its significance until the present day. Therefore it was a splendid initiative to have it re-edited, this time with an intelligent introduction by Geert Jan van Gelder