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This book centres around a critical edition and annotated English translation of an Arabic medical writing: On the Errors of the Physicians in Damascus, composed by the Jewish philosopher, Jacob ben Isaac (fl. AD 1202). The edition and translation are framed by a bio-bibliographical sketch of the author, a source-critical study of the text, a detailed description of the extant manuscripts, and various indices which make the material accessible from different angles. Jacob's treatise is significant in several ways: first, as an example for the lasting influence of the Greek medico-philosophical tradition, especially Galenism, on medieval Arabic and Jewish scholarship; second, as an authentic witness to the theoretical and practical state of Arabic medicine in the High Middle Ages; third, it illustrates the Jewish contribution to medieval Islamic science; and fourth, it contains valuable information relating to socio-cultural history in general.
Llegir més - Autor/a Oliver Kahl
- ISBN13 9780199290024
- ISBN10 0199290024
- Pàgines 97
- Any Edició 2026
- Fecha de publicación 09/05/2026
- Idioma Alemany, Francès
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Treatise of the Errors of the Physicians in Damascus (Alemany, Francès)
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- Oliver Kahl
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- Oxford University Press (2026)
- 9780199290024



