Islamic Thought in the Middle Ages: Studies in Text, Transmission and Translation, in Honour of Hans Daiber (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies, 75)

Akasoy, Anna, and Raven, Wim

ISBN 10: 9004165657 / ISBN 13: 9789004165656

Published by Brill Academic Publishers, 2008

2008 hardcover published without jacket/ex-library with usual markings/minor wear bumping/clean & unmarked text. 711 p. Seller Inventory # ABE-1644510052105

Synopsis:

The history of Islamic thought in the Middle Ages, the impact of Greek philosophy and science, and the formation of an own theological tradition, is a long and complex one. The articles in this volume dedicated to Hans Daiber, one of the pioneering scholars in this field, offer new insights from a variety of perspectives: philological, philosophical, and historical. The subjects range from Islamic philosophy and theology, over the history of science, the transmission into other medieval cultures to language and literature. In addition to their specific discoveries, they give an impression of the dynamics of medieval Islamic intellectual history as well as of the diversity of approaches needed to understand this dynamics.

About the Author: Anna Akasoy, PhD. (2005) in Oriental Studies, University of Frankfurt, is Lecturer at the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford. She has published on the history of Islamic philosophy and science, including The Arabic Version of the Nicomachean Ethics (Brill, 2005).

Wim Raven, PhD. (1989) in Arabic Studies, University of Leiden, taught at the Free University of Amsterdam and Frankfurt University, is now Lecturer at the Centre of Near and Middle East Studies, University of Marburg. He has worked on ḥadīth and early Islam.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Islamic Thought in the Middle Ages: Studies ...
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket