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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819974903321

Titolo

Epidemics in context : Greek commentaries on Hippocrates in the Arabic tradition / / edited by Peter E. Pormann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter, c2012

ISBN

1-280-59703-8

9786613626868

3-11-916514-X

3-11-025980-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Collana

Scientia Graeco-Arabica, , 1868-7172 ; ; Bd. 8

Altri autori (Persone)

PormannPeter E

Disciplina

616

Soggetti

Medicine, Greek and Roman

Medicine, Arab

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- A New Manuscript: Istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, MS Ayasofya 3592 -- Exegesis, Explanation and Epistemology in Galen’s Commentaries on Epidemics, Books One and Two -- Sympathy between Hippocrates and Galen: The Case of Galen’s Commentary on Hippocrates' ‘Epidemics’, Book Two -- The Arabic Version of Galen’s Commentary on Hippocrates’ ‘Epidemics’, Book Two, as a source for the Hippocratic Text: First Remarks -- The Syriac Epidemics and the Problem of Its Identification -- Galen, Epidemics, Book One: Text, Transmission, Translation -- The Art of the Translator, or: How did Ḥunayn ibn ʾIsḥāq and his School Translate? -- Galen the Pagan and Ḥunayn the Christian: Specific Transformations in the Commentaries on Airs, Waters, Places and the Epidemics -- The Arabic Reception of Galen’s Commentary on Hippocrates' ‘Epidemics’ -- Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms in the Arabic Tradition: The Example of Melancholy -- ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baġdādī’s Commentary on Hippocrates’ ‘Prognostic’: A Preliminary Exploration -- Recipes by Hippocrates, Galen and Ḥunayn in the Epidemics and in Medieval Arabic Pharmacopoeias -- Bibliography -- Index -- List of Contributors



Sommario/riassunto

The Hippocratic Epidemics and Galen’s Commentary on them constitute milestones in the development of clinical medicine. But they also illustrate the rich exegetical traditions that existed in the post-classical Greek world. The present volume investigates these texts from various and diverse vantage points: textual criticism; Greek philology; knowledge transfer through translations; and medical history. Especially the Syriac and Arabic traditions of the Epidemics come under scrutiny.