Religion, Learning and Science in the 'Abbasid Period

Name: Religion, Learning and Science in the 'Abbasid Period
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ISBN: 9780521327633

ISBN-10: 0521327636

ISBN-13: 9780521327633

Edition: 1990

Authors: M. J. L. Young, J. D. Latham, R. B. Serjeant

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The five centuries of the Abbasid period (eighth to thirteenth centuries AD) were the golden age of Arabic literature. They saw the appearance not only of poetry and belles-lettres (which are covered in a previous volume), but also of an extensive body of writings concerned with subjects ranging from theology and law to history and the natural sciences. This volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature surveys the most important of these writings, including the literature of Sunnism and Shi'ism, Arabic philosophy, Sufism, Islamic law, grammar, lexicography, administration, historiography, mathematics, astronomy, astrology, geography, alchemy and medicine. It contains separate…

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List price: $254.99
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/16/1991
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 612
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English



List of plates


Editorial preface


List of abbreviations


Map



Sunni theology




Shi'i theological literature




Ibadi theological literature




Quranic exegesis




The prose literature of Sufism




Philosophical literature




Arabic lexicography




Arabic grammar




Islamic legal literature




Administrative literature




Arabic biographical writing




History and historians




Fatimid history and historians




Mathematics and applied science




Astronomy




Astrology




Geographical and navigational literature




The literature of Arabic alchemy




Arabic medical literature




Al-Kindi Fritz




Al-Razi




Al-Farabi




Ibn Sina Salvador G=mez Nogales



Al-Biruni and the sciences of his time




Al-Ghazali Adib




Christian Arabic literature in the 'Abbasid period




Judaeo-Arabic literature




The translation of Greek materials into Arabic




Didactic verse Safa' Khulusi


Glossary


Bibliography


Index