About the Book
From the Greeks to the Arabs and Beyond written by Hans Daiber, is a six volume collection of Daiber’s scattered writings, journal articles, essays and encyclopaedia entries on Greek-Syriac-Arabic translations, Islamic theology and Sufism, the history of science, Islam in Europe, manuscripts and the history of oriental studies. The collection contains published (since 1967) and unpublished works in English, German, Arabic, Persian and Turkish, including editions of Arabic and Syriac texts. The publication mirrors the intercultural character of Islamic thought and sheds new light on many aspects ranging from the Greek pre-Socratics to the Malaysian philosopher Naquib al-Attas. A main concern is the interpretation of texts in print or in manuscripts, culminating in two catalogues (Vol. V and VI), which contain descriptions of newly discovered, mainly Arabic, manuscripts in all fields.
Vol. I: Graeco-Syriaca and Arabica.
Vol. II: Islamic Philosophy.
Vol. III: From God’s Wisdom to Science: A. Islamic Theology and Sufism; B. History of Science.
Vol. IV: Islam, Europe and Beyond: A. Islam and Middle Ages; B. Manuscripts – a Basis of Knowledge and Science; C. History of the Discipline; D. Obituaries; E. Indexes.
Vol. V: Unknown Arabic Manuscripts from Eight Centuries – Including one Hebrew and Two Ethiopian Manuscripts: Daiber Collection III.
Vol. VI: Arabic, Syriac, Persian and Latin Manuscripts on Philosophy, Theology, Science and Literature. Films and Offprints: Daiber Collection IV.
Table of Contents:
Abbreviations
Rules of Transliteration
Introduction
Description of the Texts
Aligarh, India
Baghdad, Iraq
Beirut, Lebanon
Berlin, Germany
Birmingham, Great Britain
Bursa, Turkey
Cairo, Egypt
Cambridge, Great Britain
Cambridge (Mass.), USA
Damascus, Syria
Delhi, India
Dublin, Ireland
Escorial, Spain
Evora, Portugal
Florence, Italy
Gotha, Germany
Hyderabad, India
Istanbul, Turkey
Leiden, Netherlands
Lisbon, Portugal
London, Great Britain
Lucknow, India
Manisa, Turkey
Mosul, Iraq
Munich, Germany
Najaf, Iraq
New Haven, USA
Oxford, Great Britain
Paris, France
Patna (Bankipore), India
Princeton, USA
Qumm, Iran
Rampur, India
Taʿizz, Yemen
Tarim, Yemen
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Tehran, Iran
Toledo, Spain
Tonk, India
Vatican City State
Vienna, Austria
Washington, USA
Manuscripts of Barhebraeus’ Works
Rare or Unpublished Books and Articles
The Arabic Inscription of the Madrasa al-Mustanṣiriyya, Baghdad (founded 631/1234)
Indices
Literature and its Abbreviations
Photos of Selected Manuscripts
The Power of the Word
The Linguistic Form of Greek-Arabic Translations
Unknown Views of Orientalists on Franz Taeschner, Die Psychologie Qazwīnīs (1912)
Indices “The Power of the Word”
Postscriptum
About the Author :
Prof. Dr. Hans Daiber (born 1942), PhD (1968), was Professor of Arabic and Islam at the Free University Amsterdam (1977-95), of oriental languages at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a. M. (1995-2010) until his retirement. He published a.o. Aetius Arabus (Steiner 1980), Bibliography of Islamic Philosophy (3 vols., Brill 1999; 2007) and Islamic Thought in the Dialogue of Cultures. A Historical and Bibliographical Survey (Brill 2012).
