Greek wisdom literature in Arabic translation : a study of the Graeco-Arabic gnomologia
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Bibliographic Information
Greek wisdom literature in Arabic translation : a study of the Graeco-Arabic gnomologia
(American Oriental series, v. 60)
American Oriental Society, 2016
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Note
Includes the Arabic text and English translation of Mukhtār min kalām al-ḥukamāʾ al-arbaʿah al-akābir (p. 56-213) on facing pages
A revised version of the author's thesis, Yale University
"Reprinted, with a new foreword, 2016"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 470-481) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
" . . . a critical edition based on the three known manuscripts, and translation of a gnomologium entitled Mukhtar min kalam al-hukama' al-arba`a, which contains sayings ascribed to Pythgagoras, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Parallel versions from closely related gnomologia have been collated and noted in the apparatus. In the next section, a commentary on each individual saying and parallel versions in a large number of Arabic texts, both published and manuscript, are noted and discussed. [ . . . ] The Greek originals are, as far as they could be found, quoted and discussed within the tradition of Greek gnomologia." (from a review in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, volume 37, no.2)
The book includes the Arabic text of the gnomologium, and an English translation, on facing pages.
A paperback reprint of the original 1975 book, with a new Foreword, and with errata and corrections.
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