ʻUbaidallah ibn Buhtišuʻ on apparent death : : the Kitab Taḥrīm dafn al-aḥyāʼ, Arabic edition and English translation / / by Oliver Kahl ; with a Hebrew supplement by Gerrit Bos.
The Kitāb Taḥrīm dafn al-aḥyāʾ , the Book on the Prohibition to Bury the Living , written by the Nestorian physician ʿUbaidallāh Ibn Buḫtīšūʿ (d. c. 1060 CE), deals with the causes, signs and treatments of apparent death. Based on a short pseudo-Galenic treatise, whose Greek original is lost, ʿUbaid...
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Place / Publishing House: | Boston ;, Leiden : : Brill,, [2018] |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English Arabic Hebrew |
Series: | Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (354 pages). |
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Other title: | Taḥrīm dafn al-aḥyāʼ. Front Matter -- Copyright Page / Dedication / Preface / Acknowledgements / Introduction / Text and Translation / Note on Text and Translation / Bibliography / Indices / Introduction to the Indices / Appendix: The Pseudo-Galenic Treatise / |
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Summary: | The Kitāb Taḥrīm dafn al-aḥyāʾ , the Book on the Prohibition to Bury the Living , written by the Nestorian physician ʿUbaidallāh Ibn Buḫtīšūʿ (d. c. 1060 CE), deals with the causes, signs and treatments of apparent death. Based on a short pseudo-Galenic treatise, whose Greek original is lost, ʿUbaidallāh’s Arabic commentary is a comprehensive and in many ways unique piece of scientific writing that moreover promotes a psychological understanding of physical illness. Oliver Kahl’s present book offers a critical Arabic edition with annotated English translation of ʿUbaidallāh’s work on apparent death, framed by a detailed introductory study and extensive glossaries covering all relevant terms; for comparative purposes, the Arabic and Hebrew recensions of the lost Greek prototype are presented in an appendix. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9004372318 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | by Oliver Kahl ; with a Hebrew supplement by Gerrit Bos. |