Religion, Learning and Science in the 'Abbasid Period

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The five centuries of the 'Abbasid period (eighth to thirteenth centuries AD) were the golden age of Arabic literature. They saw the appearance not only of poetry and belles-lettres (which are covered in a previous volume), but also of an extensive body of writings concerned with subjects ranging from theology and law to history and the natural sciences. This volume of The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature surveys the most important of these writings, including the literature of Sunnism and Shi'ism, Arabic philosophy, Sufism, Islamic law, grammar, lexicography, administration, historiography, mathematics, astronomy, astrology, geography, alchemy and medicine. It contains separate chapters on six of the greatest scholars of the Middle Ages, as well as on the Arabic literature of the Christians and Jews who lived under the rule of the 'Abbasid caliphate, and includes a study of one of the great cultural movements of the period, the translations from Greek into Arabic.

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List of plates
Editorial preface
List of abbreviations
Map
Sunni theology
Shi'i theological literature
Ibadi theological literature
Quranic exegesis
The prose literature of Sufism
Philosophical literature
Arabic lexicography
Arabic grammar
Islamic legal literature
Administrative literature
Arabic biographical writing
History and historians
Fatimid history and historians
Mathematics and applied science
Astronomy
Astrology
Geographical and navigational literature
The literature of Arabic alchemy
Arabic medical literature
Al-Kindi Fritz
Al-Razi
Al-Farabi
Ibn Sina Salvador G=mez Nogales
Al-Biruni and the sciences of his time
Al-Ghazali Adib
Christian Arabic literature in the 'Abbasid period
Judaeo-Arabic literature
The translation of Greek materials into Arabic
Didactic verse Safa' Khulusi
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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