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Orosius. Seven books of histories against the Pagans (Arabic version). Vol. I. 2 Tomes

Orosius. Seven books of histories against the Pagans (Arabic version). Vol. I. 2 Tomes

Pisa University Press

English and Arabic Text.
Pisa, 2024; 2 vols., paperback, pp. 608, cm 17x24.
(Greco, Arabo, Latino. Le Vie del Sapere. 7).

series: Greco, Arabo, Latino. Le Vie del Sapere

ISBN: 88-3339-815-3 - EAN13: 9788833398150

Subject: 0-1000 (0-XI) Ancient World,Essays on Ancient Times

Period: 0-1000 (0-XI) Ancient World

Languages: other, english text   other, english text  

Weight: 3.08 kg


The so-called Kit?b Hur?iy? is an Arabic translation and reworking of the famous Historiae adversus paganos by the Latin historian Paulus Orosius, and this was the product of Christian and Muslim authors working together at the court of the Andalusian caliph al-?akam II al-Mustan?ir. This book acted as a new gateway into the Graeco-Roman world for medieval Islamic culture, and its influence on Islamic historical knowledge was very stro.

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