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Greek thought, Arabic culture : the Graeco-Arabic translation movement in Baghdad and early ʻAbbāsid society (2nd-4th/8th-10th centuries) /

"With the accession of the Arab dynasty of the 'Abbasids to power and the foundation of Baghdad, a Graeco-Arabic translation movement was initiated, and by the end of the tenth century, almost all scientific and philosophical secular Greek works that were available in late antiquity had be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gutas, Dimitri
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The background of the translation movement: material, human, and cultural resources
  • Al-Manṣūr: early ʻAbbāsid imperial ideology and the translation movement
  • Al-Madhī and his sons: social and religious discourse and the translation movement
  • Al-Maʼmūn: domestic and foreign policies and the translation movement
  • Translation in the service of applied and theoretical knowledge
  • Patrons, translators, translation
  • Translation and history: developments from the translation movement
  • Appendix. Greek words translated into Arabic. A bibliographical guide by subject.