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The Classical Heritage in Islam (Arabic Thought and Culture)

By Franz Rosenthal

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1994
ISBN
0415076935, 9780415076937
Open Library ID
OL834464M
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
2 MB (1575415 bytes)
Edition
Reprint
Pages
\0
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The influence of classical antiquity on the religious disciplines, theology, mysticism and law of Islam cannot be overestimated. This work demonstrates the significance of the classical heritage by drawing together a great range of literary renderings, paraphrases, commentaries and imitations, as well as independent Islamic elaborations. Professor Rosenthal's collection includes the work of early authors, authors of the Golden Age and later writers who imitated their works. The Classical Heritage in Islam reveals that the Muslim adoption of and dependence on classical texts was not blind imitation or a casual compounding of traditions, but rather an original synthesis and therefore a unique achievement.

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