The oriental tradition of Paul of Aegina's Pragmateia /

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Author / Creator:	Pormann, Peter E.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 337 pages)
Language:	English Arabic Greek
Series:	Studies in ancient medicine, 0925-1421 ; v. 29 Studies in Ancient Medicine 29. Studies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813.
Subject:	Paulus, -- Aegineta. -- De re medica. De re medica (Paulus, Aegineta) Medicine, Greek and Roman. Medicine, Arab. Medicine, Arab. Medicine, Greek and Roman.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13530502

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ISBN:	9789047413899 9789004137578
Notes:	Some Arabic and Greek texts included. Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-323) and index. Some Arabic and Greek texts included.
Summary:	The volume investigates how Paul of Aegina's medical handbook or pragmateia was transmitted and transformed through Syriac and Arabic translations, becoming one of the cornerstones of the Islamic medical tradition. It uses new manuscript evidence in order to explore the crucial impact of Paul's pragmateia , tracing its steps through different languages and cultures in the Middle East. A discussion of different Syriac and Arabic authors who quote the pragmateia such as Ibn Serapion and Rhazes is followed by detailed studies of Greek-Syriac-Arabic translation technique, examining, for instance, ophthalmologic terminology, and giving a critical appraisal of translation syntax and lexicography. Paul's influence on the development of medical theory in the Islamic world and beyond is also addressed, making it an important contribution not only to Graeco-Arabic studies, but also to the history of medicine in general.
Other form:	Print version: The Oriental Tradition of Paul of Aegina's Pragmateia Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2004, 9789004137578
Standard no.:	10.1163/9789047413899

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