The Alexandrian summaries of Galen's on critical days : editions and translations of the two versions of the Jawāmiʻ /

The Alexandrian summaries of Galen's on critical days : editions and translations of the two versions of the Jawāmiʻ /

Galen's impact on Islamic civilization, mainly on medicine but also on physics and philosophy, was enormous. His most important books were mediated through \'summaries\' which not only shortened, but in some cases also revised Galenic teachings. Several versions of these summaries exi...

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Main Author: Galen.

Other Authors: Bos, Gerrit, 1948-, Langermann, Y. Tzvi.

Format: eBook

Language: English
Arabic
Hebrew

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies 92.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287464.

Subjects:

Galen. > De diebus decretoriis.
De diebus decretoriis (Galen)
Prognosis > Early works to 1800.
Medical astrology.
Medicine, Arab.
Medicine, Greek and Roman.
Prognosis.
Early works.

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Call Number: R126 .G33 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • The \'Summaries\' and Other Recensions of Galen
  • The \'Summaries\' of On Critical Days
  • The Arabic Versions of the \'Alexandrian Summaries\' of Galen's On Critical Days
  • The Translation of the Arabic Text
  • The Hebrew Version of Shimshon ben Shlomo
  • The Translation of the Hebrew Version
  • Bibliography
  • Arabic Glossary and Index (Princeton Manuscript)
  • Hebrew Glossary and Index
  • Index of Subjects.