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Syriac Medicine and Hunayn ibn Ishaq's Arabic Translation of the Hippocratic Aphorisms (Paperback)
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Syriac Medicine and Hunayn ibn Ishaq's Arabic Translation of the Hippocratic Aphorisms (Paperback)
Series: Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement
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The Syriac medical tradition constitutes an important bridge
traversing the imposing historical gap between the late Hellenic
and early Islamic periods in southwest Asia. This volume traces
this history from Justinian-era monastic communities through
Sassanid medical academies to the caliphal court at Baghdad by
comparing the major Syriac and Arabic translations of the
Hippocratic Aphorisms, a venerable Greek introduction to the art of
medicine, with a particular focus on the work of the famous
translator and physician Hunayn ibn Ishaq (d. 873). Utilizing
previously unavailable texts and drawing heavily upon the classical
Syriac-Arabic glossographical tradition of Hunayn's school, the
book demonstrates the importance of Syriac precedents in
translation methods and medical terminology for ?unayn's Arabic
translation praxis. In doing so, it clarifies the historical
development of Arabic medical philosophy and makes definite
advances in the study of Greek-Syriac/Arabic translation, variously
confirming, modifying and overturning traditional and contemporary
historical accounts concerning the authorship and periodization of
the works concerned and their relationships one to another.
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