The Earliest Syriac Translation of Aristotle's Categories
Text, Translation and Commentary
Biographical note
Daniel King, Ph.D. (2006) in Syriac Studies, is Lecturer in Semitic Languages at Cardiff University. He has published in Syriac Philosophy and Patristics, especially translations from Greek, including The Syriac Versions of the Writings of Cyril of Alexandria (Peeters, 2008)
Readership
Academics engaged in the study of Semitic philosophy, Syriac literature and translations, and also Classicists with an interest in the reception of Greek philosophy.
Reviews
"The present book is a masterpiece of philological inquiry."
Dana Miller in History and Philosophy of Logic 33.1 (2012), p. 104-106.
Dana Miller in History and Philosophy of Logic 33.1 (2012), p. 104-106.
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