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Aristotle's Rhetoric in the East the Syriac and Arabic translation and commentary tradition /

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Main Author: Vagelpohl, Uwe
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Series:Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 76.
Subjects:
Aristotle. > Rhetoric.
Aristotle. > Rhetoric > Criticism, Textual.
Aristotle > Translations into Arabic > History and criticism.
Aristotle > Translations into Syriac > History and criticism.
Philosophy, Ancient > Translations into Arabic.
Philosophy, Ancient > Translations into Syriac.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "Greek into Arabic"
  • Problems of translation history
  • The history of Greek-Arabic translations
  • Translation history
  • The Arabic version
  • Manuscript and dating
  • The Syriac translation tradition
  • Comparing Greek and Arabic
  • Some qualifications
  • Text comparison and analysis
  • Findings
  • Sources for structural mismatches
  • The use of connectors and particles
  • Morophology and terminology
  • Transcription of proper names
  • The terminology
  • The reception of the Arabic translation
  • The ninth century : arst encounters
  • The tenth century : laying the foundation
  • The eleventh century : elaboration and extension
  • The twelfth century : the return to Aristotle
  • Beyond the twelfth century
  • The Latin afterlife
  • Conclusions.

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