1st Edition

The Classical Heritage in Islam

By Franz Rosenthal Copyright 1992
322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

322 Pages
by Routledge

The influence of classical antiquity on the religious disciplines, theology, mysticism and law of Islam cannot be overestimated. This work demonstrates the significance of the classical heritage by drawing together a great range of literary renderings, paraphrases, commentaries and imitations, as well as independent Islamic elaborations. Professor Rosenthal's collection includes the work of early... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Translation Technique and Textual Criticism; Chapter 2 Biography and Cultural History; Chapter 3 The Classification of the Sciences and Methods of Research and Teaching; Chapter 4 Philosophy; Chapter 5 Natural Science; Chapter 6 Medicine; Chapter 7 Geometry, Arithmetic and Optics; Chapter 8 Geography and Astronomy; Chapter 9 Musicology; Chapter 10 Mechanics; Chapter 11 The Occult Sciences; Chapter 12 Literature and Art;

Biography

Rosenthal, Franz