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- Title
I. INTRODUCTIONS: A. The Arabic Translation from Greek by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq (d. 873).
- Authors
Bos, Gerrit; McVaugh, Michael; Shatzmiller, Joseph
- Abstract
The article provides highlights of the life and works of Arab scholar Hunayn ibn Ishaq who lived in the 8th century in Iraq. Hunayn translated into Arabic and Syriac, classical Greek literature and scientific texts during the Abbasid Caliphate which included arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, botany and medicine. Discussions of Hunayn's translation of the works of the Greek physician Galen and his methodology of translation are also presented.
- Subjects
HUNAYN ibn Ishaq al-'Ibadi, 809-873; SCHOLARS; TRANSLATING &; interpreting of philosophical works; MODERN Greek philosophy; ARAB philosophy
- Publication
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 2014, Vol 104, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
0065-9746
- Publication type
Article