Dimitrie Cantemir, salvation of the sage and ruin of the sinful world / / by Ioana Feodorov ; with a contribution on the Arabic edition ; and English translation of Yulia Petrova ; with an introduction by Virgil Cândea.
This is a thoroughly revised and expanded version of the first edition of the Arabic version of Dimitrie Cantemir’s The Divan or the Sage’s Dispute with the World (Ṣalāḥ al-ḥakīm wa-fasād al-ʿālam al-ḏamīm) (Iaşi, 1698), his first printed book, the earliest ethical treatise in Romanian literature an...
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Superior document: | Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity, Volume 6 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : BRILL,, 2016. ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity ;
Volume 6. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (514 pages) :; illustrations (some color). |
Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Other title: | Front Matter / Introduction / Editor’s Note / General Survey of the Manuscripts / Arabic Edition and English Translation / Appendix / Sources (Editor’s Note, Edition and Translation) / Indexes / Figures / |
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Summary: | This is a thoroughly revised and expanded version of the first edition of the Arabic version of Dimitrie Cantemir’s The Divan or the Sage’s Dispute with the World (Ṣalāḥ al-ḥakīm wa-fasād al-ʿālam al-ḏamīm) (Iaşi, 1698), his first printed book, the earliest ethical treatise in Romanian literature and a testimony to his wide knowledge, reading, and proficiency in foreign languages. Completed in 1705 by Athanasius III Dabbās, Patriarch of the Antiochian Church (1684-1694, 1720-1724), the Arabic text is accompanied by the first translation into a modern language, English. Book III contains Cantemir’s version of the Latin work Stimuli virtutum, fraena peccatorum (Amsterdam, 1682) by the Unitarian Andzrej Wiszowaty (Andreas Wissovatius) of Raków (Poland), a chief representative of the Polish Brethren. Thus, in the space of twenty-three years Central-European Protestant ideas reached the Arab Christians of Ottoman Syria, by way of Greek and Arabic. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9004311025 |
ISSN: | 2213-0039 ; |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | by Ioana Feodorov ; with a contribution on the Arabic edition ; and English translation of Yulia Petrova ; with an introduction by Virgil Cândea. |