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Authors: Yury Arzhanov
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-07-01 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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In 2021, a previously unknown treatise by Porphyry of Tyre, which has been preserved in a Syriac translation, was made available to historians of philosophy: Po
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The Syriac treatise published in the present volume is in many respects a unique text. Though it has been preserved anonymously, there remains little doubt that
Humanism in the Renaissance of Islam
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Pages: 396
Authors: Joel L. Kraemer
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Under the enlightened rule of the Buyid dynasty (945-1055 A.D.) the Islamic world witnessed an unequalled cultural renaissance. This book is an investigation in
Porphyry, On Principles and Matter
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The treatise On Principles and Matter preserved in Syriac derives most probably from Porphyry of Tyre. This text is an important witness to late antique discuss
The Interpretation of the Old Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism
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According to the available evidence not many pagans knew the Greek Bible (Septuagint) before the advent of Christianity. Those pagans who later became aware of