Gerhard Endress

A Greek and Arabic Lexicon (Galex): Materials for a Dictionary of the Mediaeval Translations from Greek into Arabic. Fascicle 12, to Gerhard Endress

Marc Notes: From the eighth to the tenth century AD, Greek scientific and philosophical works were translated wholesale into Arabic. This volume presents, in an analytical, rationalised way, our knowledge of the vocabulary of these translations. Publisher Marketing: From the eighth to the tenth century A. D., Greek scientific and philosophical works were translated wholesale into Arabic. A Greek and Arabic Lexicon is the first systematic attempt to present in an analytical, rationalized way our knowledge of the vocabulary of these translations. Contributor Bio:  Endress, Gerhard Gerhard Endress is professor of Islamic Studies at Ruhr University. Carole Hillenbrand is professor of Islamic Studies at Edinburgh University. Contributor Bio:  Gutas, Dimitri Dimitri Gutas is professor of Near Eastern languages at Yale University. He is the author of Greek Wisdom Literature in Arabic Translation and Avicenna and the Aristotelian Tradition published in the Netherlands.