Epidemics in Context: Greek Commentaries on Hippocrates in the Arabic Tradition

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The Hippocratic Epidemics and Galen's Commentary on them constitute milestones in the development of clinical medicine. However, they also illustrate the rich exegetical traditions that existed in the post-classical Greek world. The present volume investigates these texts from various and diverse vantage points: textual criticism; Greek philology; knowledge transfer through translations; and medical history. Especially the Syriac and Arabic traditions of the Epidemics come under scrutiny. Introduction A New Manuscript: Istanbul, Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, MS Ayasofya 3592 Greek Epidemics Exegesis, Explanation and Epistemology in Galen’s Commentaries on Epidemics, Books One and Two Sympathy between Hippocrates and Galen: The Case of Galen’s Commentary on Hippocrates’ ‘Epidemics’, Book Two The Arabic Version of Galen’s Commentary on Hippocrates’ ‘Epidemics’, Book Two as a source for the Hippocratic Text: First Remarks Syriac and Arabic Epidemics The Syriac Epidemics and the Problem of Its Identification Galen, Epidemics, Book One: Text, Transmission, Translation The Art of the Translator, or: How did Hunayn ibn ’Isḥāq and his School Translate? Galen the Pagan and Ḥunayn the Christian: Specific Transformations in the Commentaries on Airs, Waters, Places and the Epidemics The later Arabic medical tradition and the Epidemics The Arabic Reception of Galen’s Commentary on Hippocrates’ ‘Epidemics’ Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms in the Arabic Tradition: The Example of Melancholy ’Abd al-Laṭīf al-Baġdādī’s Commentary on Hippocrates’ ‘Prognostic’: A Preliminary Exploration Recipes by Hippocrates, Galen and Ḥunayn in the Epidemics and in Medieval Arabic Pharmacopoeias Bibliography Index List of Contributors