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A Greek and Arabic Lexicon (Galex): Materials for a Dictionary of the Mediaeval Translations from Greek Into Arabic. Volume 1, ? To ?¡

PUBLISHER Brill (12/24/2019)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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From the 8th to the 10th century AD, Greek scientific and philosophical works were translated wholesale into Arabic, sometimes through the mediation of Syriac. A Greek and Arabic Lexicon is the first attempt to present in a systematic and rationalized way, with full analysis of the categories describing the grammar of translation, the vocabulary of these translations as each term appears in context, fully cited. It is an indispensable reference tool for the study and understanding of Arabic scientific and philosophical language and literature and its grammar, the vocabulary of Classical and Middle Greek, the transmission of the text of classical Greek works and their reception in late antiquity and Byzantium, and the reception and translation of the Arabic literature based on them in Byzantine Greek. Fully indexed, this second edition of the work supersedes the first with enhanced precision and breadth of coverage and user-friendly philological analysis.
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ISBN-13: 9789004186668
ISBN-10: 9004186662
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 726
Carton Quantity: 0
Product Dimensions: 6.10 x 1.70 x 9.30 inches
Weight: 2.50 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Index, Glossary, Multi-Lingual
Country of Origin: US
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Reference | General
Reference | Arabic
Reference | Islam - General
Dewey Decimal: 492.7
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From the 8th to the 10th century AD, Greek scientific and philosophical works were translated wholesale into Arabic, sometimes through the mediation of Syriac. A Greek and Arabic Lexicon is the first attempt to present in a systematic and rationalized way, with full analysis of the categories describing the grammar of translation, the vocabulary of these translations as each term appears in context, fully cited. It is an indispensable reference tool for the study and understanding of Arabic scientific and philosophical language and literature and its grammar, the vocabulary of Classical and Middle Greek, the transmission of the text of classical Greek works and their reception in late antiquity and Byzantium, and the reception and translation of the Arabic literature based on them in Byzantine Greek. Fully indexed, this second edition of the work supersedes the first with enhanced precision and breadth of coverage and user-friendly philological analysis.
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Editor: Gutas, Dimitri
Dimitri Gutas is professor of Near Eastern languages at Yale University. He is the author of Greek Wisdom Literature in Arabic Translation and Avicenna and the Aristotelian Tradition published in the Netherlands.
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