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Arabic, Judaeo-Arabic, and Garshuni Versions of Ibn Al-Akfānī's Treatise on Bloodletting : Linguistic Variation in Late Judaeo-Arabic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Avetisyan, Ani.
- Series:
- Études Sur le Judaïsme Médiéval Series
- Études Sur le Judaïsme Médiéval Series ; v.104
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine, Medieval.
- Manuscripts, Arabic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : BRILL, 2026.
- Summary:
- This book offers the first comprehensive linguistic and textual study of MS 1751, a unique Judaeo-Arabic medical manuscript, revealing its transmission history and illuminating broader patterns of language variation and medical knowledge in the early modern Middle East.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- 1. Judaeo-Arabic Medical Manuscripts of the Genizah Collection
- 2. The Matenadaran Collection
- 3. Jewish Medical Knowledge: Under Cross and Crescent
- 3.1. EAST
- 3.2. WEST
- 4. Aims of This Study
- 5. Methodology
- 6. Corpora
- Chapter 2. Textual Criticism of Nihāyat al-qaṣd fī ṣināʿat al-faṣd
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Structure
- 3. Background
- 4. Textual Tradition
- 5. Languages
- 6. The Aim of Textual Criticism
- 7. Methodology
- 8. Discrepancies Reflected in Variants
- 9. Unintentional Changes
- 9.1. Additions and Omissions
- 9.2. Misplaced Diacritics, Similar and Mistaken Letters
- 9.3. Haplography
- 9.4. Metathesis
- 9.5. Fusion
- 9.6. Fission
- 9.7. Dittography
- 10. Intentional Changes
- 10.1. Linguistic Stylistic Changes
- 10.2. Synonymous Readings
- 10.3. Difference in Sequence
- 10.4. Synonym Using a Different Conjunction: Wāw instead of Fāʾ
- 10.5. Numerical Value of Letters and Number Constructions
- 10.6. Other Changes
- Edition, Translation, and Commentary
- . Fol. 4a
- . Fol. 4b
- . Fol. 5a
- . Fol. 5b
- . Fol. 6a
- . Fol. 6b
- . Fols. 7a/7b
- Chapter 3. Concluding Remarks
- 1. Additions and Omissions
- 2. Misplaced Diacritics, Similar and Mistaken Letters
- 3. Other Changes
- 4. Numerical Value of Letters and Number Constructions
- 5. Synonymous Readings
- 6. Linguistic Stylistic Changes
- 7. Abbreviations and Ligature
- 8. Layout of the Text
- Chapter 4. Linguistic Analysis
- 1. Orthography
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Consonants
- 1.3. Vowels
- 1.4. Evaluation of the Vowels and the Double Spelling of Consonants in MS 1751 and or 10847
- 2. Morphology.
- 2.1. The Verb
- 3. Syntax
- 3.1. Negation
- 3.2. Case
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-76167-5
- OCLC:
- 1587891699
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