LEADER 05342nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910458901903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-06069-8 010 $a9786613060693 010 $a90-474-3302-5 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004165458.i-259 035 $a(CKB)2610000000001570 035 $a(EBL)682214 035 $a(OCoLC)706475083 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000474365 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11296607 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474365 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10466863 035 $a(PQKB)10492986 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC682214 035 $a(OCoLC)173808202 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047433026 035 $a(PPN)184923611 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL682214 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10461211 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL306069 035 $a(OCoLC)711004374 035 $a(EXLCZ)992610000000001570 100 $a20080129d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWhat happened to the ancient Library of Alexandria?$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Mostafa El-Abbadi and Omnia Mounir Fathallah ; with a preface by Ismail Serageldin 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 225 1 $aLibrary of the written word. The manuscript world,$x1874-4834 ;$vv. 3. ;$vv. 1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-16545-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [219]-240) and index. 327 $tPreliminary Materials /$rM. El-Abbadi , O. Fathallah and I. Serageldin -- $tIntroduction /$rMostafa El-Abbadi -- $tÀ La Recherche De La Systématisation Des Connaissances Et Du Passage Du Concret À L?Abstrait Dans L?Egypte Ancienne /$rMounir H. Megally -- $tPrivate Collections And Temple Libraries In Ancient Egypt /$rFayza M. Haikal -- $tEarth, Wind, And Fire: The Alexandrian Fire-Storm Of 48 B.C. /$rWilliam J. Cherf -- $tThe Destruction Of The Library Of Alexandria: An Archaeological Viewpoint /$rJean-Yves Empereur -- $tDemise Of The Daughter Library /$rMostafa A. El-Abbadi -- $tCe Que Construisent Les Ruines /$rLucien X. Polastron -- $tThe Nag Hammadi ?Library? Of Coptic Papyrus Codices /$rBirger A. Pearson -- $tLearned Women In The Alexandrian Scholarship And Society Of Late Hellenism /$rMaria Dzielska -- $tSynesius Of Cyrene And The Christian Neoplatonism: Patterns Of Religious And Cultural Symbiosis /$rDimitar Y. Dimitrov -- $tDamascius And The Collectio Philosophica A Chapter In The History Of Philosophical Schools And Libraries In The Neoplatonic Tradition /$rGeorges Leroux -- $tAcademic Life Of Late Antique Alexandria: A View From The Field /$rGrzegorz Majcherek -- $tThe Arab Story Of The Destruction Of The Ancient Library Of Alexandria /$rQassem Abdou Qassem -- $tThe Arab Destruction Of The Library Of Alexandria: Anatomy Of A Myth /$rBernard Lewis -- $tBibliography /$rM. El-Abbadi , O. Fathallah and I. Serageldin -- $tGeneral Index /$rM. El-Abbadi , O. Fathallah and I. Serageldin. 330 $aIn adopting the theme of What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria? this book aims at presenting afresh, a highly specialized discussion of primary sources related to the diverse aspects and episodes of that long disputed question. The book covers a wide range of topics, beginning with an initial presentation of different Ancient Egyptian types of library institutions, with a special focus on the later Coptic Nag Hamadi Library. It then deals with the troubled times under later Ptolemies and Romans, when the Royal Library, the Daughter Library and the Mouseion, came under a succession of threats: Caesar?s Alexandrian War in 48 B.C., and during the tragic developments in the third and fourth centuries which ultimately culminated in the destruction of the Serapeum that housed the Daughter Library. A discussion of the intellectual milieu during the fourth and fifth centuries, follows, as well as the conflicting attitudes within the Church with regard to classical learning. An analysis of historical and new archaeological evidence confirms the fact that Alexandria continued to be a city of books and scholarship centuries after the destruction of the Library. Finally, the late medieval Arab story of the destruction of the Library by order of Caliph Omar, is fully considered and refuted through textual analysis of the original sources. Contributors include: William J. Cherf, Dimitar Y. Dimitrov, Maria Dzielska, Mostafa A. El-Abbadi, Jean-Yves Empereur, Fayza M. Haikal, Georges Leroux, Bernard Lewis, Grzegorz Majcherek, Mounir H. Megally, Birger A. Pearson, Lucien X. Polastron, Qassem Abdou Qassem, and Ismail Serageldin. 410 0$aLibrary of the written word ;$v3. 410 0$aLibrary of the written word.$pManuscript world ;$vv. 1. 606 $aLibraries$zEgypt$zAlexandria$xHistory$yTo 400 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLibraries$xHistory 676 $a027.032 701 $aEl-Abbadi$b Mostafa$0626428 701 $aFathallah$b Omnia Mounir$0935325 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458901903321 996 $aWhat happened to the ancient Library of Alexandria$92106619 997 $aUNINA