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Shortly after 500 CE, the Syriac-speaking priest and physician Sergius of Resh'aina, who had studied in Alexandria, wrote the first known exposition of Aristotle in a Semitic language. About four centuries later, Abu Bishr Matta, an alumnus of the monastic school of Dayr Qunna in Iraq, completed in Baghdad the Arabic version of 'The Aristotelian Organon' with translations from the Syriac, and in a famous disputation argued the case for Greek logic as a theory of knowledge against rival claims of Arabic grammarians. The articles collected in this volume are concerned with the transmission and development of the Greek achievement among Syriac scholars of the Fertile Crescent during these four centuries, particularly in the fields of rhetoric and philosophy. Some range broadly over general areas, such as the Syriac appropriation of Greek liberal education or the educational curriculum in Syriac monastic schools, while others focus on themes of particular interest, including the influence of 'Aristotle's Rhetoric' or the concept of the philosopher-king. Cumulatively, they show how many aspects of Greek culture were received and elaborated in Syriac, and contribute to understanding the ways in which that culture exercised a powerful influence on the medieval Near East and the burgeoning Islamic civilisation.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Rhetoric and Philosophy from Greek into Syriac
• Author: John W. Watt
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 330
• EAN: 9781409400202
• ISBN: 1409400204
• ID: 04781956
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 770 g
• Date of publishing: 28. August 2010

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