Epidemics in Context
Greek Commentaries on Hippocrates in the Arabic Tradition| By: | Peter E. Pormann |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter |
| Print ISBN: | 9783110259797 |
| eText ISBN: | 9783110259803 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2012 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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The Hippocratic Epidemics and Galen’s Commentary on them constitute milestones in the development of clinical medicine. But they also illustrate the rich exegetical traditions that existed in the post-classical Greek world. The present volume investigates these texts from various and diverse vantage points: textual criticism; Greek philology; knowledge transfer through translations; and medical history. Especially the Syriac and Arabic traditions of the Epidemics come under scrutiny.