Date of Award
1966
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
History
First Advisor
Ron Landau
First Committee Member
Edward A. Raleigh
Second Committee Member
Malcolm Moule
Abstract
The purpose of the study, based mainly on modern research, is to investigate the elements composing the transmission of Hellenic knowledge to the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates through Syriac and Arabic.
The emphasis of the study is placed upon the period of the mid-800’s when the potently intellectual and cultural achievements of the most famous Abbasid capital, Baghdad, reached an unprecedented level of activity. One scholarly accomplishment built under the patronage of the Caliph al-Ma’mun was the Bayt al-Hikmat (House of Knowledge) where Syriac and Arabic translations from Greek texts were encouraged. The record of greatest output of accurate translations at the Bayt al-Hikmat was held by Hunayn ibn Ishaq and his school which flourished during the reign of al-Mutawakkil. Both earlier and later translating bodies will be discussed, but the concentration of the thesis lies upon Hunayn ibn Ishaq and his school of Baghdadi translators.
Pages
211
Recommended Citation
Cuneo, Margaret Rosalie. (1966). A study into the transmission of Greek thought to early Arab civilization through Syriac and Arabic in the light of modern research. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1619
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