Treatise of the Errors of the Physicians in Damascus

ISBN-13: 9780199290024 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 97 str.

Oliver Kahl

Opis

This text centres around a critical edition and annotated English translation of an Arabic medical writing, On the Errors of the Physicians in Damascus, composed by the Jewish philosopher, Jacob ben Isaac (fl. AD 1202). The edition and translation are framed by a bio-bibliographical sketch of the author, a source-critical study of the text, a detailed description of the extant manuscripts, and various indices which make the material accessible from different angles.