A Syriac Encyclopaedia of Aristotelian Philosophy

Barhebraeus (13th C.) Butyrum Sapientiae Books of Ethics, Economy and Politics
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-90-04-14133-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Reihe: Aristoteles Semitico-Latinus

This volume deals with the part on practical philosophy in Barhebraeus's "Butyrum sapientiae" or " Cream of Wisdom". The practical philosophy in this large encyclopaedia of Aristotelean thinking in this Syriac language consists of three books: Ethics, Economy and Politics.
The books of Ethics and Politics have been edited, translated and commented upon for the very first time in this publication.
These books are unique and probably the only specimens of its kind, surviving in the Syriac language and literature. They were written at the end of Barhebraeus's life (1285/86) during a period in which the Syriac language had been rapidly losing ground to Arabic and was to almost disappear as a living language not long after the author's death.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joosse, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Literatur & Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction
Sigla and Abbreviations
Note on the Variant Readings
Note on the Syriac font
Text and Translation Barhebraeus’ Butyrum Sapientiae
Critical Apparatus
Commentary
Referenes
Glossaries and Indices

Über Autor(innen)

N. Peter Joosse, Ph.D. (1997) in Theology/Semitic Languages and Cultures, Free University of Amsterdam, is Senior Research Fellow at Leiden University. He has published extensively on Arabic, Persian and Syriac topics, including several contributions to the oriental Diatessaron tradition.