Aristotle's Rhetoric in the East : the Syriac and Arabic translation and commentary tradition / / by Uwe Vagelpohl.

• Superior document: Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, v. 76
• Author: Vagelpohl, Uwe.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 76.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (357 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The two centuries following the rise of the Abbasid caliphate in 750 witnessed a wave of translations from Greek into Syriac and Arabic. The translation and reception of Aristotle's Rhetoric is a prime example for the resulting transformation of antique learning in the Islamic world and beyond....

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.