Epidemics in Context: Greek Commentaries on Hippocrates in the Arabic Tradition
Epidemics in Context: Greek Commentaries on Hippocrates in the Arabic Tradition (Scientia Graeco-Arabica, Book 8) by Peter E. Pormann
English, Arabic | 2012 | ISBN: 311916514X | 334 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB
English, Arabic | 2012 | ISBN: 311916514X | 334 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB
The Hippocratic Epidemics and Galen's Commentary on them constitute milestones in the development of clinical medicine. However, 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.
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