Galen in Syriac: Rethinking Old Assumptions
This article challenges a series of common assumptions regarding the Syriac translations of Galen: first, about the quality of the sixth-century Syriac translations; second, about the status and role of Syriac as a scientific language; and, third, about economic forces and the motivation for excelle...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2017
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Aramaic studies
Année: 2017, Volume: 15, Numéro: 2, Pages: 132-154 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Syrien
/ Culture
/ Médecine
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| RelBib Classification: | KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord TB Antiquité |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Galen
Graeco-Arabic
Ḥunayn Ibn Isḥaq
Sergius of Resh ʿAina
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| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | This article challenges a series of common assumptions regarding the Syriac translations of Galen: first, about the quality of the sixth-century Syriac translations; second, about the status and role of Syriac as a scientific language; and, third, about economic forces and the motivation for excellence in translation. Finally, the circumstances that produced so many incorrect assumptions, and permitted them to persist for so long, are briefly discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5227 |
| Contient: | In: Aramaic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455227-01502003 |