Greek Thought, Arabic Culture [[electronic resource] ] : The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early 'Abbasaid Society (2nd-4th/5th-10th c.)

• Autore: Gutas Dimitri
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 909.0974927; 909/.0974927
• Soggetto topico: Civilization, Arab; Civilization, Arab - Greek influences; Greek language; Translating and interpreting
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; NOTE ON DATES, NAMES, AND TRANSLITERATION; TABLE; INTRODUCTION; Part I. TRANSLATION AND EMPIRE; 1. THE BACKGROUND OF THE TRANSLATION MOVEMENT; 2. AL-MANSUR; 3. AL-MAHDI AND HIS SONS; 4. AL-MA'MUN; Part II. TRANSLATION AND SOCIETY; 5. TRANSLATION IN THE SERVICE OF APPLIED AND THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE; 6. PATRONS, TRANSLATORS, TRANSLATIONS; 7. TRANSLATION AND HISTORY; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS; CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF STUDIES ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TRANSLATION MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION; GENERAL INDEX ; INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS
• Sommario/riassunto: From the middle of the eighth century to the tenth century, almost all non-literary and non-historical secular Greek books, including such diverse topics as astrology, alchemy, physics, botany and medicine, that were not available throughout the eastern Byzantine Empire and the Near East, were translated into Arabic.Greek Thought, Arabic Culture explores the major social, political and ideological factors that occasioned the unprecedented translation movement from Greek into Arabic in Baghdad, the newly founded capital of the Arab dynasty of the 'Abbasids', during the first two
• Titolo autorizzato: Greek Thought. Arabic Culture
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450783203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II