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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Roberts has produced not only an impressive work of intellectual and social history but also an accomplished exemplar of the exploration of unpublished sources with insightful philological and linguistic examinations."
* Al-‘Usur al-Wusta *
"This monumental work will be of great interest to scholars. . . .
Reason and Revelation is a welcome contribution to the intellectual history of the pre-modern Middle East that should inspire a great deal of scholarship to come." * Medieval Encounters *
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Reason and Revelation remains a truly impressive scholarly accomplishment. This rich portrait of a previously neglected figure, requiring impressive command of both classical literature and Arabic manuscript studies, should inspire future work on the fascinatingly multi-lingual, multi-religious traditions of learning that bridged the medieval Mediterranean’s many worlds." * The Catholic Historical Review *
"Roberts’s is an important book, not just for its many new editions of texts by Ibn al-Fadl,̣ but also for the light it sheds on his life and historical context. Scholars of Christian Arabic will find it essential reading, as will those investigating Byzantine intellectual culture and its interactions with the world of Islam." * Speculum *
"Ultimately
Reason and Revelation sharpens our understanding of “translation” in the premodern period and points the way forward for further scholarship on the intricacies and implications of translation." * Studies in Late Antiquity *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
PART I. TRANSLATION
1. A Scholar and His City
§1 Abdallāh ibn al-Fada of Antioch
§2 Byzantine Antioch
2. A Translation Program
§1 Scripture and Liturgy
§2 Late Antique Biblical Exegesis
§3 Pro-Chalcedonian Dogma at the Dawn of Islam
§4 Collected Wisdom
§5 In Praise of Saints
§6 Conclusion
3. A Byzantine Ecclesiastical Curriculum
§1 Greek Manuscripts
§2 Chrysostom and the Cappadocian Fathers
§3 Orthodoxy, Education, and Orations for Saints
§4 Contemporary Georgian Translators
§5 Georgian Book Culture
§6 Conclusion
PART II. PHILOSOPHY
4. Purpose in the Prefaces
§1 The Psalter
§2 The Garden
§3 Demetrios
§4 Isaac the Syrian
§5 Chrysostom and Paul
§6 Kaisarios and a Litany of Philosophical Questions
§7 Conclusion
5. Education in the Margins
§1 The Garden
§2 Sophronios
§3 John of Thessaloniki
§4 Chrysostom on Hebrews: Substantial Images
§5 Conclusion
6. Logic
§1 Moses Contemplating: Beings, Substances, and Accident
§2 Dog Logic and the Arabic Aristotle
§3 Logic in the Garden
§4 Conclusion
7. Physics
§1 Types of Causes
§2 Qualities as Bodies or Nothing at All
§3 Relative Corporeality of Angels
§4 Matter and Atoms, Plenum and Void
§5 Conclusion
8. Cosmology
§1 The Sky’s Elements
§2 Infinity and the Eternity of the World
9. Astronomy
§1 Translating Astronomical Terminology
§2 The Stars, Byzantine Marginalia, and an Arabophone Byzantine Astronomer
§3 Astrology
§4 Conclusion
10. A Shared Scholarly Culture
§1 Method and Madness
§2 Twin Paideias
§3 West of Samarqand
Bibliography
General Index
Arabic Index
Greek Index
Index of Manuscripts
