Preliminary Notes on a Syriac Treatise about the Medicinal Properties of Foodstuffs

Preliminary Notes on a Syriac Treatise about the Medicinal Properties of FoodstuffsSemitica et ClassicaSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/UURLBTUD/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.RobertHawleyPreliminary Notes on a Syriac Treatise about the Medicinal Properties of Foodstuffshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/UURLBTUDhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/UURLBTUDhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/UURLBTUDSemitica et Classica1200881-104In a series of articles published in the 1970’s, Rainer Degen identified three Syriac manuscripts of a medical treatise probably compiled and translated from Greek sources in 9th century ʿAbbāsid Baghdad by the celebrated physician and scholar Ḥunayn ibn-Isḥāq. The compilation is essentially an abridged Syriac translation of Galen’s treatise On the Properties of Foodstuffs to which the compiler has added thematically related extracts drawn from other Greek medical authorities, including Dioscorides, Hippocrates, Rufus of Ephesus, and several minor authors whose writings were apparently known to Ḥunayn through the Medical Collection of Oribasius. This paper offers a preliminary survey of the structure and content of the Syriac compilation and outlines a few broader literary and historical questions that require further research. Hawley, Robert. “Preliminary Notes on a Syriac Treatise about the Medicinal Properties of Foodstuffs.” Semitica et Classica 1 (2008): 81–104. Robert Hawley, Preliminary Notes on a Syriac Treatise about the Medicinal Properties of Foodstuffs, Semitica et Classica 1 (2008): 81–104.Arab ChristiansGalenHunayn ibn IshaqIX CENestoriansVII-XVIII CEfoodmedicinesciencetranslations from Greektranslations into Syriac