Difference between revisions of "Sergius of Resh`aina"
From Encyclopedia of Syriac Literature
Jump to navigationJump to searchRogerpearse (talk | contribs) |
Rogerpearse (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
* 26 books of [Galen's] work were translated into Syriac as early as the sixth century AD by Sergius of Resh' Aina (Ra's al-Ain). Sergius was a Christian priest who studied medicine in Alexandria and worked in Mesopotamia, dying in Constantinople in about AD 532 [33]. | * 26 books of [Galen's] work were translated into Syriac as early as the sixth century AD by Sergius of Resh' Aina (Ra's al-Ain). Sergius was a Christian priest who studied medicine in Alexandria and worked in Mesopotamia, dying in Constantinople in about AD 532 [33]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Bibliography === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [http://chspam.vjf.cnrs.fr/Personnel/Hugonnard.htm Henri Hugonnard-Roche], ''Aux origines de l'exégèse orientale de la logique d'Aristote: Sergius de Resh'aina († 536), médecin et philosophe'', dans ''Journal Asiatique'', 277 (1989) pp. 1-17. | ||
Revision as of 17:12, 1 August 2006
Hearsay from the internet
- Dionysius the Areopagite was translated from Greek to Syriac by Sergius of Resh'aina.
- d. 536 AD.
- 26 books of [Galen's] work were translated into Syriac as early as the sixth century AD by Sergius of Resh' Aina (Ra's al-Ain). Sergius was a Christian priest who studied medicine in Alexandria and worked in Mesopotamia, dying in Constantinople in about AD 532 [33].
Bibliography
- Henri Hugonnard-Roche, Aux origines de l'exégèse orientale de la logique d'Aristote: Sergius de Resh'aina († 536), médecin et philosophe, dans Journal Asiatique, 277 (1989) pp. 1-17.
