TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roberts,Alexandre M.
TI  - Reason and revelation in Byzantine Antioch: the Christian translation program of Abdallah ibn-al-Fadl
T2  - Berkeley Series in Postclassical Islamic Scholarship Ser
SN  - 0520974824
AV  - BR127 
U1  - 270.3092 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Oakland, California
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Anṭākī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Faḍl,
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Christian philosophy
KW  - Translating into Arabic
KW  - History
KW  - 11th century
KW  - Philosophy, Ancient
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Relations
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Byzantine Empire
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
KW  - abdallah ibn al fadl
KW  - abrahamic religions
KW  - aleppo
KW  - ancient greece
KW  - angels
KW  - antioch
KW  - antiquity
KW  - astrology
KW  - astronomy
KW  - atoms
KW  - byzantine
KW  - cosmology
KW  - demetrius
KW  - divine inspiration
KW  - egypt
KW  - greek texts
KW  - history
KW  - horoscope
KW  - infinity
KW  - intellectual history
KW  - iraq
KW  - isaac the syrian
KW  - islam
KW  - john of thessaloniki
KW  - kaisarios
KW  - late antiquity
KW  - literary culture
KW  - logic
KW  - materiality
KW  - matter
KW  - nonfiction
KW  - palestine
KW  - philosophy
KW  - physics
KW  - reason
KW  - religion
KW  - revelation
KW  - science
KW  - sophronios
KW  - spirituality
KW  - stars
KW  - syria
KW  - theology
KW  - universe
KW  - void
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-324) and indexes; Cover -- REASON AND REVELATION IN BYZANTINE ANTIOCH -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- Acknowledgments -- NOTE ON CONVENTIONS -- Introduction -- PART I. TRANSLATION -- 1. A Scholar and His City -- 1 ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Faḍl of Antioch -- 2 Byzantine Antioch -- 2. A Translation Program -- 1 Scripture and Liturgy -- 2 Late Antique Biblical Exegesis -- 3 Pro-Chalcedonian Dogma at the Dawn of Islam -- 4 Collected Wisdom -- 5 In Praise of Saints -- 6 Conclusion -- 3. A Byzantine Ecclesiastical Curriculum -- 1 Greek Manuscripts -- 2 Chrysostom and the Cappadocian Fathers; 3 Orthodoxy, Education, and Orations for Saints -- 4 Contemporary Georgian Translators -- 5 Georgian Book Culture -- 6 Conclusion -- PART II. PHILOSOPHY -- 4. Purpose in the Prefaces -- 1 The Psalter -- 2 The Garden -- 3 Demetrios -- 4 Isaac the Syrian -- 5 Chrysostom and Paul -- 6 Kaisarios and a Litany of Philosophical Questions -- 7 Conclusion -- 5. Education in the Margins -- 1 The Garden -- 2 Sophronios -- 3 John of Thessaloniki -- 4 Chrysostom on Hebrews: Substantial Images -- 5 Conclusion -- 6. Logic -- 1 Moses Contemplating: Beings, Substances, and Accident; 2 Dog Logic and the Arabic Aristotle -- 3 Logic in the Garden -- 4 Conclusion -- 7. Physics -- 1 Types of Causes -- 2 Qualities as Bodies or Nothing at All -- 3 Relative Corporeality of Angels -- 4 Matter and Atoms, Plenum and Void -- 5 Conclusion -- 8. Cosmology -- 1 The Sky's Elements -- 2 Infinity and the Eternity of the World -- 9. Astronomy -- 1 Translating Astronomical Terminology -- 2 The Stars, Byzantine Marginalia, and an Arabophone Byzantine Astronomer -- 3 Astrology -- 4 Conclusion -- 10. A Shared Scholarly Culture -- 1 Method and Madness -- 2 Twin Paideias -- 3 West of Samarqand -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Arabic Index -- Greek Index -- Index of Manuscripts
N2  - What happened to ancient Greek thought after Antiquity? What impact did Abrahamic religions have on medieval Byzantine and Islamic scholars who adapted and reinvigorated this ancient philosophical heritage? Reason and Revelation in Byzantine Antioch tackles these questions by examining the work of the eleventh-century Christian theologian Abdallah ibn al-Fadl, who undertook an ambitious program of translating Greek texts, ancient and contemporary, into Arabic. Poised between the Byzantine Empire that controlled his home city of Antioch and the Arabic-speaking cultural universe of Syria-Palesti
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