Galen in Syriac: Rethinking Old Assumptions

Galen in Syriac: Rethinking Old AssumptionsAramaic StudiesSyriaca.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/XESGZPSH/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.SiamBhayroGalen in Syriac: Rethinking Old Assumptionshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/XESGZPSHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/XESGZPSHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/XESGZPSHAramaic Studies15:22017132-154This article challenges a series of common assumptions regarding the Syriac translations of Galen: first, about the quality of the sixth-century Syriac translations; second, about the status and role of Syriac as a scientific language; and, third, about economic forces and the motivation for excellence in translation. Finally, the circumstances that produced so many incorrect assumptions, and permitted them to persist for so long, are briefly discussed. Bhayro, Siam. “Galen in Syriac: Rethinking Old Assumptions.” Aramaic Studies 15:2 (2017): 132–54. Siam Bhayro, Galen in Syriac: Rethinking Old Assumptions, Aramaic Studies 15:2 (2017): 132–54.GalenGreek philosophyHunayn ibn IshaqIV-VII CEJacobitesSergius of ReshainaVI CEVII-XVIII CEmedicinetranslations from Greektranslations into Syriac