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

• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Disciplina: 616
• Soggetto topico: Medicine, Greek and Roman; Medicine, Arab
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: PormannPeter E
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Epidemics in context
• ISBN: 1-280-59703-8; 9786613626868; 3-11-916514-X; 3-11-025980-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461118503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Scientia Graeco-Arabica ; ; v. 8.