Divine Doctors: The Construction of the Image of Three Greek Physicians in Islamic Biographical Dictionaries of Physicians

IF 0.4 4区 哲学 Q1 HISTORY AL-QANTARA Pub Date : 2013-06-30 DOI:10.3989/ALQANTARA.2013.002
Keren Abbou Hershkovits, Z. Hadromi-Allouche
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This paper examines the way authors of three medieval Islamic biographical dictionaries portrayed the lives, behavior and characteristics of three key figures of Greco-Roman medicine, Asclepius, Hippocrates and Galen. Particular attention was given to the vocabulary and phrasing used in the biographies, and associations with other literary genres or figures. An analysis of these biographies demonstrates a significant resemblance between the portrayal of these Greco-Roman physicians and the lives of prophetic figures in Islam, and especially that of the Prophet Muḥammad. In addition, these biographies align with features attributed to pious Muslims. This study demonstrates that Muslim biographers constructed these biographies as part of a general tendency to associate medicine with Islam, and the origins of medical knowledge with prophetic wisdom. This study mantains that the connotations and use of this particular terminology allows for a positive view of the science of medicine in these Islamic compositions in which they were included.
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神圣的医生:伊斯兰医生传记词典中三位希腊医生形象的建构
本文考察了三个中世纪伊斯兰传记词典的作者如何描述希腊罗马医学的三位关键人物,阿斯克勒庇俄斯、希波克拉底和盖伦的生活、行为和特征。特别注意的是传记中使用的词汇和措辞,以及与其他文学流派或人物的联系。对这些传记的分析表明,这些希腊罗马医生的形象与伊斯兰教先知人物的生活有着显著的相似之处,尤其是先知Muḥammad。此外,这些传记符合虔诚穆斯林的特征。这项研究表明,穆斯林传记作者将这些传记作为一种将医学与伊斯兰联系起来的普遍趋势的一部分,并将医学知识的起源与先知智慧联系起来。这项研究认为,这一特殊术语的内涵和使用使人们对这些伊斯兰教作品中的医学科学有了积极的看法。
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48 weeks
期刊介绍: Al-Qanṭara inició su publicación en 1980, como continuación de Al-Andalus (1933-1978). Al-Qanṭara está dedicada a la civilización del Islam clásico (hasta el siglo XVII incluido) con especial atención al Occidente islámico. Se publica en forma de dos fascículos anuales de unas 250 páginas cada uno. Una sección monográfica aparece en el segundo fascículo de cada año. La revista sólo solicita contribuciones para las secciones monográficas.
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