The making of the Avicennan tradition : the transmission, contents, and structure of Ibn Sina's al-Mubaha_tat (The discussions) / by David C. Reisman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reisman, David C.

Series:

Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 49.

Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, 0169-8729 ; v. 49

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic philosophy.

Avicenna, 980-1037. Mubāḥathāt.

Avicenna.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume represents a philological approach to the study of the medieval philosophy Avicenna by investigating the manuscripts and textual transmission of his philosophical correspondence with students and colleagues.

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; Technical Layout of the Study; CHAPTER ONE, PART ONE The Codicological Context; CHAPTER ONE, PART TWO Descriptions of the Manuscripts; CHAPTER TWO The Recension Process of the Mubāhatāt; CHAPTER THREE The Context of Composition and the Participants in The Discussions; CHAPTER FOUR The Contents, Order, and Dating of the Mubāhatāt Texts; Appendices; Bibliography; Index of Names and Places; Index of Manuscripts; Index of Avicenna's Works; Index of Arabic Words

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-315) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-46665-0

9786610466658

1-4175-4553-4

90-474-0141-7

OCLC:

171583095