The Classical Heritage in Islam

Bibliographic Data

ID9215475
AuthorsParviz Morewedge, Emile Marmorstein, Jenny Marmorstein
Year1977
Volume27
Issue2
Pages224
Publication date1977-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeREVIEW
Review ofThe Classical Heritage in Islam, Franz Rosenthal, 2003
VenuePhilosophy East and West (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-8221 • E-ISSN: 1529-1898
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1397619
OpenAlexW2106943577
LanguageEN

The influence of classical antiquity on the religious disciplines, theology, mysticism and law of Islam cannot be overestimated. This work demonstrates the significance of the classical heritage by drawing together a great range of literary renderings, paraphrases, commentaries and imitations, as well as independent Islamic elaborations. Professor Rosenthal's collection includes the work of early authors, authors of the Golden Age and later writers who imitated their works. The Classical Heritage in Islam reveals that the Muslim adoption of and dependence on classical texts was not blind imitation or a casual compounding of traditions, but rather an original synthesis and therefore a unique achievement

Islam · Theology · Education and Islamic Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy · Religious studies

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