Book Review
Islamic Philosophy, Science, Culture, and Religion: Studies in Honor of Dimitri Gutas edited by Felicitas Opwis and David Reisman
Abstract
First paragraph: A recent survey volume on medieval philosophy has called Dimitri Gutas, Professor of Arabic and Graeco-Arabic at Yale University, “the leading living historian of Islamic thought.” Such judgments are to some extent a matter of taste, of course, but few scholars have as good a claim to the title as Gutas. His publications include pioneer-ing work on the tradition of Greek-Arabic gnomologia, one of the most significant monographs ever published on Avicenna, and a penetrating and influential study of the Graeco-Arabic translation movement. In collaboration with Gerhard Endress he has also led the GALex project to document this same translation movement. In short, this is a man who deserves a good Festschrift.
Islamic Philosophy, Science, Culture, and Religion: Studies in Honor of Dimitri Gutas edited by Felicitas Opwis and David Reisman
Abstract
First paragraph:
A recent survey volume on medieval philosophy has called Dimitri Gutas, Professor of Arabic and Graeco-Arabic at Yale University, “the leading living historian of Islamic thought.” Such judgments are to some extent a matter of taste, of course, but few scholars have as good a claim to the title as Gutas. His publications include pioneer-ing work on the tradition of Greek-Arabic gnomologia, one of the most significant monographs ever published on Avicenna, and a penetrating and influential study of the Graeco-Arabic translation movement. In collaboration with Gerhard Endress he has also led the GALex project to document this same translation movement. In short, this is a man who deserves a good Festschrift.
A recent survey volume on medieval philosophy has called Dimitri Gutas, Professor of Arabic and Graeco-Arabic at Yale University, “the leading living historian of Islamic thought.” Such judgments are to some extent a matter of taste, of course, but few scholars have as good a claim to the title as Gutas. His publications include pioneer-ing work on the tradition of Greek-Arabic gnomologia, one of the most significant monographs ever published on Avicenna, and a penetrating and influential study of the Graeco-Arabic translation movement. In collaboration with Gerhard Endress he has also led the GALex project to document this same translation movement. In short, this is a man who deserves a good Festschrift.
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| Primary Language | English |
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| Subjects | Religious Studies |
| Journal Section | Book Reviews |
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| Publication Date | February 21, 2013 |
| Submission Date | October 1, 2012 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2012 Volume: 3 Issue: 2 |
