Treatise on the errors of the physicians in Damascus : Ya'qûb ibn Isḥāq al-Isrā'īlī's
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Treatise on the errors of the physicians in Damascus : Ya'qûb ibn Isḥāq al-Isrā'īlī's
（Journal of semitic studies, Supplement ; 10）
Oxford University Press on behalf of the University of Manchester, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Text in English and Arabic
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This book centres around a critical edition and annotated English translation of an Arabic medical writing: On the Errors of the Physicians in Damascus, composed by the Jewish philosopher, Jacob ben Isaac (fl. AD 1202). The edition and translation are framed by a bio-bibliographical sketch of the author, a source-critical study of the text, a detailed description of the extant manuscripts, and various indices which make the material accessible from different
angles. Jacob's treatise is significant in several ways: first, as an example for the lasting influence of the Greek medico-philosophical tradition, especially Galenism, on medieval Arabic and Jewish scholarship; second, as an authentic witness to the theoretical and practical state of Arabic medicine in
the High Middle Ages; third, it illustrates the Jewish contribution to medieval Islamic science; and fourth, it contains valuable information relating to socio-cultural history in general.
Table of Contents
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. ARABIC TEXT
- 3. ENGLISH TRANSLATION
- 4. BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 5. INDICES
- 6. PLATES
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