WILLIAM M. BRINNER (translator and annotator): ‘Ara'is al-majalis fi qisas al-anbiya’ or ‘Lives of the Prophets’ as recounted by Abu Ishaq Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Tha‘labi . (Studies in Arabic Literature, Supplements to the Journal of Arabic Literature edited by Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych, XXIV.) xxxiii, 772 pp. Leiden, Boston and Cologne: E. J. Brill, 2002. €176.