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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pormann, Peter E.

Series:

Scientia Graeco-Arabica ; v. 8.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Greek and Roman.

Medicine, Arab.

Hippocrates. Epidemics.

Hippocrates.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613626868

9781280597039

1280597038

9783119165143

311916514X

9783110259803

311025980X

OCLC:

784886950