The oriental tradition of Paul of Aegina's Pragmateia / / by Peter E. Pormann.

• Superior document: Studies in ancient medicine, v. 29
• Author: Pormann, Peter E.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2004.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English; Arabic; Greek
• Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine 29.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 337 pages)
• Notes: Some Arabic and Greek texts included.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Contents to Part One /; Syriac Sources /; Arabic Sources /; Contents to Part Two /; Introduction: Previous Scholarship /; Terminology /; Lexicography /; Syntactical analysis: Greek into Arabic /; Comparative Translation Studies /; Conclusions and Prospects /; Contents to Part Three /; Influence /; General Conclusions /; Bibliography /; General Index /; Studies in Ancient Medicine /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-323) and index.
• ISBN: 904741389X
• ISSN: 0925-1421
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Peter E. Pormann.

The volume investigates how Paul of Aegina's medical handbook or pragmateia was transmitted and transformed through Syriac and Arabic translations, becoming one of the cornerstones of the Islamic medical tradition. It uses new manuscript evidence in order to explore the crucial impact of Paul's pragmateia , tracing its steps through different languages and cultures in the Middle East. A discussion of different Syriac and Arabic authors who quote the pragmateia such as Ibn Serapion and Rhazes is followed by detailed studies of Greek-Syriac-Arabic translation technique, examining, for instance, ophthalmologic terminology, and giving a critical appraisal of translation syntax and lexicography. Paul's influence on the development of medical theory in the Islamic world and beyond is also addressed, making it an important contribution not only to Graeco-Arabic studies, but also to the history of medicine in general.