GERMAN

Syrische Astrologie und das Syrische Medizinbuch

By Stefanie Rudolf

Book information

Publisher
de Gruyter
Year
2018
ISBN
9783110565737, 9783110563641
DOI
10.1515/9783110565737
Language
german
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3823102 bytes)
Series
Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Cultures; 7
Pages
365\0
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-07-23 07:08:17

Description

For the first time, this work explores the thread of astrology that runs through Syrian-Orthodox literature. Astrology’s disreputable position among the sciences is gainsaid by extensive textual examples from different genres. The richest source is the Syrian Book of Medicine, which elucidates the practice of divination, revealing itself as a treasure trove of Syrian texts (including translations of Hippocrates and the Geoponica).

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