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Aristotle's Rhetoric in the East : the Syriac and Arabic translation and commentary tradition / by Uwe Vagelpohl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vagelpohl, Uwe.
- Series:
- Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 76.
- Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, 0169-8729 ; v. 76
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aristotle. Rhetoric.
- Aristotle.
- Aristotle. Rhetoric--Criticism, Textual.
- Aristotle--Translations into Arabic--History and criticism.
- Aristotle--Translations into Syriac--History and criticism.
- Philosophy, Ancient--Translations into Arabic.
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- Philosophy, Ancient--Translations into Syriac.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (357 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The two centuries following the rise of the Abbasid caliphate in 750 witnessed a wave of translations from Greek into Syriac and Arabic. The translation and reception of Aristotle's Rhetoric is a prime example for the resulting transformation of antique learning in the Islamic world and beyond. On the basis of a close textual analysis of the Rhetoric, this study develops elements of a comparative “translation grammar” of Greek-Arabic translations. Contextualizing the analysis with an account of the textual history and the Syriac and Arabic philosophical tradition drawing on the Rhetoric , it throws new light on the inner workings of the “translation movement” and its impact on Islamic culture.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- "Greek into Arabic"
- Problems of translation history
- The history of Greek-Arabic translations
- Translation history
- The Arabic version
- Manuscript and dating
- The Syriac translation tradition
- Comparing Greek and Arabic
- Some qualifications
- Text comparison and analysis
- Findings
- Sources for structural mismatches
- The use of connectors and particles
- Morophology and terminology
- Transcription of proper names
- The terminology
- The reception of the Arabic translation
- The ninth century : arst encounters
- The tenth century : laying the foundation
- The eleventh century : elaboration and extension
- The twelfth century : the return to Aristotle
- Beyond the twelfth century
- The Latin afterlife
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [328]-341) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-06091-4
- 9786613060914
- 90-474-3342-4
- OCLC:
- 705135243
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004166813.i-347 DOI
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