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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • REASON AND REVELATION IN BYZANTINE ANTIOCH
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • Acknowledgments
  • NOTE ON CONVENTIONS
  • Introduction
  • PART I. TRANSLATION
  • 1. A Scholar and His City
  • 1 ʻAbdallāh ibn al-Faḍl of Antioch
  • 2 Byzantine Antioch
  • 2. A Translation Program
  • 1 Scripture and Liturgy
  • 2 Late Antique Biblical Exegesis
  • 3 Pro-Chalcedonian Dogma at the Dawn of Islam
  • 4 Collected Wisdom
  • 5 In Praise of Saints
  • 6 Conclusion
  • 3. A Byzantine Ecclesiastical Curriculum
  • 1 Greek Manuscripts
  • 2 Chrysostom and the Cappadocian Fathers
  • 3 Orthodoxy, Education, and Orations for Saints
  • 4 Contemporary Georgian Translators
  • 5 Georgian Book Culture
  • 6 Conclusion
  • PART II. PHILOSOPHY
  • 4. Purpose in the Prefaces
  • 1 The Psalter
  • 2 The Garden
  • 3 Demetrios
  • 4 Isaac the Syrian
  • 5 Chrysostom and Paul
  • 6 Kaisarios and a Litany of Philosophical Questions
  • 7 Conclusion
  • 5. Education in the Margins
  • 1 The Garden
  • 2 Sophronios
  • 3 John of Thessaloniki
  • 4 Chrysostom on Hebrews: Substantial Images
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 6. Logic
  • 1 Moses Contemplating: Beings, Substances, and Accident
  • 2 Dog Logic and the Arabic Aristotle
  • 3 Logic in the Garden
  • 4 Conclusion
  • 7. Physics
  • 1 Types of Causes
  • 2 Qualities as Bodies or Nothing at All
  • 3 Relative Corporeality of Angels
  • 4 Matter and Atoms, Plenum and Void
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 8. Cosmology
  • 1 The Sky's Elements
  • 2 Infinity and the Eternity of the World
  • 9. Astronomy
  • 1 Translating Astronomical Terminology
  • 2 The Stars, Byzantine Marginalia, and an Arabophone Byzantine Astronomer
  • 3 Astrology
  • 4 Conclusion
  • 10. A Shared Scholarly Culture
  • 1 Method and Madness
  • 2 Twin Paideias
  • 3 West of Samarqand
  • Bibliography
  • General Index
  • Arabic Index
  • Greek Index
  • Index of Manuscripts.