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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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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.