Religion, Learning and Science in the 'Abbasid Period (The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature)

ISBN 10: 0521327636 / ISBN 13: 9780521327633

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Religion, Learning and Science in the 'Abbasid Period (The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521327636
• ISBN 13: 9780521327633
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume of the Cambridge History of Arabic Literature deals with writings on learned subjects from the 'Abbasid period (8th to 13th centuries AD), the golden age of Arabic literature. These cover a wide area, from philosophy, theology and law, through grammar and lexicography, to mathematics, astronomy and medicine. There are separate chapters on six of the greatest scholars of the period, on the development of translations from Greek into Arabic, and on the Arabic literature of the Christians and Jews who lived under the rule of the 'Abbasid caliphate.

Book Description

This volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature deals with writings on learned subjects from the 'Abbasid period (eighth to thirteenth centures AD), the golden age of Arabic literature. These range from philosophy, theology, and law, through grammar and lexicography, to mathematics, astronomy and medicine.