The earliest Syriac translation of Aristotle's Categories
text, translation, and commentary
Published:
2010
Publisher:
Brill, Leiden
Syriac-Greek glossary of terms in the Anonymous VersionGreek-Syriac glossary of terms in the three versions; Loan Words in the Anonymous Version; Index of Lemmata. The Earliest Syriac Translation of Aristotle's Categories; CONTENTS; PREFACE;...
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Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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Syriac-Greek glossary of terms in the Anonymous VersionGreek-Syriac glossary of terms in the three versions; Loan Words in the Anonymous Version; Index of Lemmata. The Earliest Syriac Translation of Aristotle's Categories; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE ARISTOTLE IN THE SYRIAC WORLD; CHAPTER TWO THE CATEGORIES IN SYRIAC; CHAPTER THREE THE TRANSLATION TECHNIQUESOF THE VERSIONS; CHAPTER FOUR THE ORIGINS OF THE VERSIONSAND THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIPS; CHAPTER FIVE THE TEXT-CRITICAL VALUEOF THE VERSIONS; TEXT AND TRANSLATION; Principles of the Present Edition; NOTES; COMMENTARY ON THE ANONYMOUSVERSION OF THE CATEGORIES; TEXTUAL NOTES; THE MANUSCRIPT TRADITION OF JACOB OF EDESSA'S VERSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; GLOSSARIES. The present volume makes available for the first time the earliest translation of Aristotle into a Semitic language. It will open the way to a fuller understanding of the transformation of Greek logic in Syriac and Arabic
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Text of the Categories in Syriac, with English translation on facing pages; introduction and commentary in English. - Description based on print version record