The classical heritage in Islam
The influence of classical antiquity on the religious disciplines, theology, mysticism and law of Islam cannot be overestimated. This work demonstrates the significance of the classical heritage by drawing together a great range of literary renderings, paraphrases, commentaries and imitations, as well as independent Islamic elaborations. Professor Rosenthal's collection includes the work of early authors, authors of the Golden Age and later writers who imitated their works. The Classical Herita…
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- Full title :The classical heritage in Islam / Franz Rosenthal ; translated from the German by Emile and Jenny Marmorstein.
Summary
The influence of classical antiquity on the religious disciplines, theology, mysticism and law of Islam cannot be overestimated. This work demonstrates the significance of the classical heritage by drawing together a great range of literary renderings, paraphrases, commentaries and imitations, as well as independent Islamic elaborations. Professor Rosenthal's collection includes the work of early authors, authors of the Golden Age and later writers who imitated their works. The Classical Heritage in Islam reveals that the Muslim adoption of and dependence on classical texts was not bl.
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- Publication Date:1992
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1992
Notes
Translation of: Das Fortleben der Antike im Islam.
Selected texts, translated from Arabic, with introductions by the editor.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xx, 298 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0203479637, 9780203479636, 9781134901241, 1134901240, 9781134901289, 1134901283, 9781134901296, 1134901291
- DOI:10.4324/9780203479636
- oclc:ocm61273470
- LC Classification:DS36.82.G7
- Dewey Decimal:297.1
Table of Contents
1. Translation technique and textual criticism -- 2. Biography and cultural history -- 3. The classification of the sciences and methods of research and teaching -- 4. Philosophy -- 5. Natural science -- 6. Medicine -- 7. Geometry, arithmetic and optics -- 8. Geography and astronomy -- 9. Musicology -- 10. Mechanics -- 11. The occult sciences -- 12. Literature and art.
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