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Showing result 11 - 15 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the words critical edition.

  2. 11. Ardāy-Vīrāf Nāma : Iranian Conceptions of the Other World

    Author : Dariush Kargar; Carina Jahani; Bo Utas; Ashk P. Dahlén; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ardāy-Vīrāf Nāma; Vīrāf; journey to the Other World; Zoroastrian Persian; Parsig; critical edition; shamanism; Davānūs; Iranian languages; Iranska språk; Iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

    Abstract : The present thesis consists of an edition of an Iranian literary work whose theme is a journey to the Other World, namely the Ardāy-Vīrāf Nāma. The version of this work which is here edited and commented on is a prose version in the Zoroastrian Persian language. READ MORE

  4. 12. Qusta ibn Luqa On Numbness : A Book on Numbness, Its Kinds, Causes and Treatment According to the Opinion of Galen and Hippocrates. Edition, Translation and Commentary

    Author : Lena Ambjörn; Arabiska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of medicine; text-critical edition; Arabic; Qusta ibn Luqa; Non-Christian religions; Islamic medicine; Galenism; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

    Abstract : Qusta ibn Luqa (fl. 860) was a prominent figure in the Graeco-Arabic translation movement that reached its peak in the 9th century. At the request of wealthy and influential commissioners, Qusta translated Greek works on astronomy, mathematics, mechanics and natural science into Arabic. READ MORE

  5. 13. Muṣannifak, Ḥall al-rumūz wa-kashf al-kunūz : Part 2: Sharḥ Risālat al-abrāǧ. Critical Edition with Introduction and Commentary

    Author : Jonathan Morén; Bo Isaksson; Bernd Radtke; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Muṣannifak; Shihāb al-Dīn Yaḥya al-Suhrawardī; Islamic Philosophy; Sufism; Arabic; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

    Abstract : The Risālat al-abrāǧ (‘Epistle of the Towers’) is one of the least studied works by the 12th century philosopher and mystic Shihāb al-Dīn Yaḥyā al-Suhrawardī, founder of the Ishrāqī or Illuminationist school of philosophy. The epistle, much in the vein of Suhrawardī’s other short allegorical narratives, depicts the journey of the individual soul through the microcosm of the human body and the dangers along the road to ultimate deliverance. READ MORE

  6. 14. Anicii Manlii Severini Boethii De syllogismo categorico : critical edition with an introduction

    Author : Christina Thomsen Thörnqvist; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Anicius Manlius Seuerinus Boethius; De syllogismo categorico; 6th century; history of logic; Late Antiquity; Aristotle; Analytica priora; Peri hermeneias; De interpretatione; syllogism; Medieval logic.;

    Abstract : The Roman statesman and philosopher Anicius Manlius Seuerinus Boethius (c. 480 - c. 525) translated and wrote commentaries on most of Aristotle's logical works. READ MORE

  7. 15. Liber iuratus Honorii : a critical edition of the Latin version of the Sworn book of Honorius

    Author : Gösta Hedegård; William Newman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; the Sworn Book of Honorius; Liber iuratus Honorii; Liber sacer; Liber sacratus; Solomon; pseudo-Solomonic texts; Ars Notoria; the Notory Art; Flores aurei Apollonii; ritual magic; ceremonial magic; mediaeval magic; theurgy; magic seals; the Seal of Solomon; Christian Kabbalah; divine names; angels; spirits; demons; Latin; latin;

    Abstract : The Liber iuratus Honorii, or the Sworn Book of Honorius, as it is often called, has been the focus of a steadily growing interest ever since the occult revival in the late 19th century. This exponent of pseudo-Solomonic magic has been mentioned from time to time in the literature on magic up to the present day. READ MORE