The Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian Sources in the Comprehensive Book of Rhazes

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-29025-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 93, 488 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 885 g

Reihe: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies

This work offers a critical analysis of the Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian sources in Rhazes’ (d. 925 CE) Comprehensive Book (or al-Kitab al-Hawi), a hugely famous and highly unusual medico-pharmaceutical encyclopedia originally written in Arabic. All text material appears in full Arabic with English translations throughout, whilst the traceable Indian fragments are represented here, for the first time, in both the original Sanskrit and corresponding English translations. The philological core of the book is framed by a detailed introductory study on the transmission of Indian, Syrian and Iranian medicine and pharmacy to the Arabs, and by extensive bilingual glossaries of relevant Arabic and Sanskrit terms as well as Latin botanical identifications.

The World Award for the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran has selected this title as one the best books of the year 2015 in the field of Islamic/ Iranian Studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kahl, Oliver

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert

Über Autor(innen)

Oliver Kahl, Ph.D. (1993), University of Manchester, is currently affiliated to the Department of Semitology at the University of Marburg. His work is concerned with the history of Islamic science, and notably with the origins of Arabic medicine and pharmacy.