The Laughable Stories Collected by Mar Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus

The first complete edition, containing 727 "laughable stories", by Bar-Hebraeus. It was the child of the compiler's old age, and says much for the broadmindedness and versatility of the learned Bar-Hebraeus.

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• Preface
• Introduction
• Prologue by Bar-Hebraeus
• List of Chapters
• Saying of the Greek Philosophers
• Saying of the Persian Sages
• Saying of the Indian Sages
• Saying of the Hebrew Sages
• Saying of the Christian recluses
• Saying of the Muhammadan kings
• Stories of teachers and learned men
• Saying of the Arab ascetics
• Saying of Physicians
• Stories of the speech of irrational beasts
• Stories of those whose dreams have come true
• Stories of wealthy and liberal men
• Stories of misers
• Stories of men who followed despised handicrafts
• Stories of actors and comedian
• Stories of clowns and simpletons
• Stories of lunatics and demoniacs
• Stories of thieves and robbers
• Stories of wonderful events
• Physiognomical characteristics described
• Apologue by Bar-Herbraeus
• Miscellaneous moral exhortations
• Bar-Hebraeus on the death of John Bar-Ma'Dani