Greek thought, Arabic culture : the Graeco-Arabic translation movement in Baghdad and early ʻAbbasid society (2nd-4th/8th-10th centuries) / Dimitri Gutas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gutas, Dimitri, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Arab.

Civilization, Arab--Greek influences.

Greek language.

Translating and interpreting.

Islamic Empire--Intellectual life.

Islamic Empire.

Islamic Empire--History--750-1258.

Local Subjects:

Civilization, Arab.

Civilization, Arab--Greek influences.

Greek language.

Translating and interpreting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Reprinted in 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-81629-2

9786612816291

1-283-70772-1

1-134-92635-9

0-203-01743-9

1-134-92634-0

9780203017432

OCLC:

817916032