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Reason and revelation in Byzantine Antioch the Christian translation program of Abdallah ibn-al-Fadl

What happened to ancient Greek thought after Antiquity? What impact did Abrahamic religions have on medieval Byzantine and Islamic scholars who adapted and reinvigorated this ancient philosophical heritage? Reason and Revelation in Byzantine Antioch tackles these questions by examining the work of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts, Alexandre M., 1986- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Arabic
Publicado: Oakland, California University of California Press [2020]
Colección:Berkeley series in postclassical Islamic scholarship ; 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What happened to ancient Greek thought after Antiquity? What impact did Abrahamic religions have on medieval Byzantine and Islamic scholars who adapted and reinvigorated this ancient philosophical heritage? Reason and Revelation in Byzantine Antioch tackles these questions by examining the work of the eleventh-century Christian theologian Abdallah ibn al-Fadl, who undertook an ambitious program of translating Greek texts, ancient and contemporary, into Arabic. Poised between the Byzantine Empire that controlled his home city of Antioch and the Arabic-speaking cultural universe of Syria-Palesti
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 357 pages) : maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-324) and indexes.
ISBN:0520974824
9780520974821